It reminded me of Stargate: Universe. A totally different sort and completely different from the open adventure of the previous series.
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I loved the way the ants are defeated actually. For one thing, it didn't follow typical shonen structure. For another it's thematically interesting to see the most physically perfect organism evolve and adopt various parts of the human psyche, and it would have been a shame for that arc to conclude by having the bad guy lose a fight to the good guy.
And what do you mean no one fights? Netero fights Meruem. It's just that he loses then he cheats. And Gon fought Pitou, it's just that he cheats then he wins. And before that everyone and their dog fights Youpi.
I guess this is more a matter of personal preference. I enjoyed all the buildup because I enjoyed the resolution. But I disagree that the whole arc is wasted; Killua and Gon go through a lot and develop as characters. Although I do wish we got to see more core characters like Kurapika etc.
To be fair, that's not unusual for Hunter x Hunter. The only person with motivation in the Yorkshin arc was Kurapika avenging his people, with Greed Island it's Gon trying to clock the game and find his dad, etc. Also, for me a lot of the second half is more about the ants' motivations than just the humans. Meruem's desire to rule is affected by Komugi and his fight with Netero, while Pouf's loyalty to the king is warped by his ideal version of a king; in fact these 2 are more like the protagonist and antagonist in some later episodes, and if that doesn't work for you then fair enough, but I loved it.
And Hunter x Hunter is only broadly about finding Ging. The Zoldyck Family arc is only about getting back Killua, and the Heavens Arena arc is only about getting strong enough to punch Hisoka in the face; neither are about Gon looking for his dad.
I just watched the first season of Tokyo Ghoul, and I dunno I didn't really connect with it. It wasn't bad, but a lot of people like it quite a bit so maybe I just expected too much.
The opinions on Tokyo Ghoul are very split - in that, you'll either love it, or be meh! about it all. And that seems to be the case with a lot of new-gen anime (Shigeki no Kyojin and SAO included - which come with massive hype, but often end up disappointing). I guess the appeal of Tokyo Ghoul was the cool goth artwork, the masks, Kaneki's dichotomy, the urban paranormal phenomenon (the manga was launched in the whole vampire/ zombie meta-phase), and the gripping start (remember being hooked sharpish). And like SNK, or SAO - you expect that pace to continue, but the simplistic story doesn't really whet your appetite for a meaty framework beyond the superficial lure (in that sense it's like a polar opposite of One Piece, which took ages to suck you in, but once it did - the story was relentlessly captivating).
Like, apart from little bits of Touka and Amon: I don't even remember what happened between episode #3, and the introduction of Aogiri Tree/Ayato/Yamori-Jason; it was that bland. Rize/Kaneki's metamorphosis was brilliant though, probably my favorite part of the anime:
Such sinister vibes.
Such sinister vibes.
Tokyo Ghoul was incredibly captivating. I knew it was flawed but still accepted it for what it was. I just wish they didn't run out of ideas in the seasons that followed.
Another show that I really wished didn't get cancelled was Gangsta. That was some incredible anime right there.
Another show that I really wished didn't get cancelled was Gangsta. That was some incredible anime right there.
Agree with your overall assessment of Tokyo ghoul, but I actually quite enjoy shingeki no kyojin.
Aha! Naru Mandom. 
I agree, I was hooked by Tokyo Ghoul. It has its flaws but the protagonists turmoil, the art and the characters all work really well. Then there are some really cool moments thrown in. It did enough for me to ignore the flaws. I put it in the same class of Anime as stuff like Code Geas, which was absolute garbage but incredibly enjoyable to watch.
Although Gangsta didn't speak to me that much. It was interesting at the start but I didn't get to the end.
I know what you mean. But it was too much I think. Breaking from the tropes could have been great but it wasn't executed right for me. I mean two royal guards and the king die from this poison. If Pouf and Youpi had been killed already I probably wouldn't have cared that much. That way it would have made more sense for the king to just give up since he would have already lost.
*** For me the having 3 of them die of poison works, because none of the royal guards were defeated "fairly". I like that the things humans create out of our tendency to destroy and kill are the things that killed the ants, and the only one defeated in combat was possible by Gon basically selling his soul. ***
Yeah the Netero fight was quite good, but it was almost entirely the king getting beat down but taking no damage. Gon's fight with Pitou is him throwing a couple of punches. Pitou's totally destroyed by Gon. It would have been nice to see them have an actual contest.
It's true everyone fights Youpi but even then most of the fight was running away from him, or thinking about how to defeat him.
*** I liked the one sided nature of most of the fights actually. Netero was presented as one of our best fighters, so watching a whole fight of him going 100% and landing 0 meaningful hits was great, really drove home how physically ridiculous the ants were. Same with the couple of punches thrown in the Pitou fight, basically showcasing Gon's full potential at a terrible cost.
(This is a tangent, and it doesn't apply to anyone else probably, but I always used to wonder what it would be like if bad guys in DBZ had their arcs in a different order. Like, what if Piccolo had attacked earth later in the manga, when Goku was way stronger? It's good thing he was before Frieza, who was before Cell, and good thing he was before Buu etc. But on some meta level it was hilarious to me to watch Gon destroy Pitou, like she was a bad guy who got her timing wrong and should have attacked 2 arcs ago and was just too late.) ***
They do grow up a bit but I don't think it's really enough to justify the length of the arc. It's mostly Gon and Killua being sad, which I don't think made that much sense. Gon was too attached to Kite and prior to this arc he had never shown that kind of side. The same with Killua he was just smashing through every emotion you can think of, even though he'd never been like that. He was crying, then he was thanking Palm, then he was angry again, etc.
But overall I think it's the pacing that means I criticize it so much. If you go back to the Phantom Troupe eps where they kill the ants in their home town, I think it's really well done. Exciting, there's a fight, we learn more about the characters.
*** I do think you're right about Gon being too attached to Kite. For someone who he met literally a week earlier, his sadness was too much. It might have helped the audience more if they had showed him saving Gon early on like the manga, but even that wouldn't be enough.
I disagree about Killua though. Most of his emotional breakdowns and swings came after he removed Illumi's needle, so I saw it more as someone who was going through dangerous high emotion situations for the first time with his own conscious to dictate his thoughts. ***
True, but for Yorkshin Kurapika is really the center of the arc. The story is being driven around him, so even though he's the only character with a personal interest it's still quite compelling. On the other hand, Gon and Killua are also trying to get Greed Island which they can't do if there's no auction, so they did have to stop the Phantom Troupe.
I can understand it being about the ants motivation but then it was just constant Pouf crying and shouting meruem. Then eventually Youpi starts crying. But the King losing his memory and trying to get it back, didn't need to happen. He remembered everything as soon as he saw it. Pouf and Youpi healing the king by feeding him was pointless because he dies minutes later anyway, from poison. I just couldn't enjoy it.
For the other arcs, they weren't exactly about finding Gon's dad but they were broadly. Apart from the Zoldyk family, but Gon, Kurapika and Leorio all wanted to get their friend back. Heavens arena is about getting stronger and earning money so that they can enter the auction to get Greed Island, Greed Island is about finding clues, the Hunter exam was about finding clues. The chimera ants are totally different from that. It just felt like Gon was unnecessarily getting side tracked.
*** Yeah out of all the arcs the CA one is the most out of the blue, but I suppose if I disliked it as much as you do that would be more of a problem. Plus Gon and Killua only get involved because they're hanging around with Kite, a former student of Ging who they only found while looking for Ging. But yeah a lot of characters are of new people meet (pussy Knov breaking down, Shoot manning up etc).
The constant Pouf crying
Our tastes just seem very different. I am curious, what's your favourite arc? My least favourite is Greed Island, if it's your favourite that confirms it lol***
For me the having 3 of them die of poison works, because none of the royal guards were defeated "fairly". I like that the things humans create out of our tendency to destroy and kill are the things that killed the ants, and the only one defeated in combat was possible by Gon basically selling his soul.
(This is a tangent, and it doesn't apply to anyone else probably, but I always used to wonder what it would be like if bad guys in DBZ had their arcs in a different order. Like, what if Piccolo had attacked earth later in the manga, when Goku was way stronger? It's good thing he was before Frieza, who was before Cell, and good thing he was before Buu etc. But on some meta level it was hilarious to me to watch Gon destroy Pitou, like she was a bad guy who got her timing wrong and should have attacked 2 arcs ago and was just too late.)
*** See, I agree with you about this. And for me, in theory it is interesting and exciting to see the tropes played with like that. And having the main villains die from man made weaponry should be a nice twist. The problem was it was such a huge arc, but with an anti-climax like that. It's more the execution than the plot that I dislike. Even if the ants died from poison, it might have been good if Gon, Killua or Knuckle, or someone (why did the hunter association send like 6 people, when 3 of them were apprentices and two kids tag along. Not a great idea.) had fought the king or Pouf.
Same with Gon fighting Pitou. Having the tables turned on her and Gon getting his revenge could've been really good. Seeing Pitou totally outclassed would've been great, but she goes down in one punch before she can even move. Then Gon blows her head off and it's fight over. She was still a strong character, even if Gon had powered up but it was like she was totally worthless. Feeling her en was enough for Knov, a pro hunter, to lose his hair but she was completely annihilated in an instant. Why not have a slightly longer fight and show her struggle a little bit. That would allow a better crescendo for Gon's emotions. ***
I liked the one sided nature of most of the fights actually. Netero was presented as one of our best fighters, so watching a whole fight of him going 100% and landing 0 meaningful hits was great, really drove home how physically ridiculous the ants were. Same with the couple of punches thrown in the Pitou fight, basically showcasing Gon's full potential at a terrible cost.
***Same as above. (Clearly we have a difference in taste). Would have been that bad for the King to put up some resistance, couldn't they have an actual contest. I feel like it was already pretty clear that the ants were stronger than the humans. It wouldn't have detracted from the king's strength for him to be challenged slightly by one of the strongest nen users in the world. Especially since the 100-type Buddha was such a powerful ability. And that was another thing that frustrated me, was the King was beyond belief as a nen user but he never used any power. He died before actually every showcasing what he could do. So it would have been good if he had used some kind of power to defeat Netero. ***
I do think you're right about Gon being too attached to Kite. For someone who he met literally a week earlier, his sadness was too much. It might have helped the audience more if they had showed him saving Gon early on like the manga, but even that wouldn't be enough.
I disagree about Killua though. Most of his emotional breakdowns and swings came after he removed Illumi's needle, so I saw it more as someone who was going through dangerous high emotion situations for the first time with his own conscious to dictate his thoughts.
*** Yeah it would have helped if they had emphasized Gon being saved from the bear more. The only mention of it focused more on Kite saying he didn't like to kill. There was just no real connection between them in the end but Gon loved Kite so much. Most of the dialogue between them also seemed to be Kite saying: "Are you prepared for this? It's dangerous. You might not be ready. You've gotta do something differently, Gon". It wasn't even like they were friends it was Gon constantly trying to prove he would be useful.
With Killua, that does make sense. But at the same time, when he removed the needle he gained confidence. That was the moment he started living and doing things he wanted for the first time. It was just strange that he'd always been strong but quite aloof before but as soon as Gon tells him he's not upset about Kite, he has a breakdown. He didn't like Palm before entering the palace but 3 minutes of their time later and he's her best friend. He was angry about not being able to help Gon, he picks a fight with Youpi, and then runs away. It was just a roller coaster of emotions that happened in 10 minutes of his time. ***
Yeah out of all the arcs the CA one is the most out of the blue, but I suppose if I disliked it as much as you do that would be more of a problem. Plus Gon and Killua only get involved because they're hanging around with Kite, a former student of Ging who they only found while looking for Ging. But yeah a lot of characters are of new people meet (pussy Knov breaking down, Shoot manning up etc).
The constant Pouf crying
Our tastes just seem very different. I am curious, what's your favourite arc? My least favourite is Greed Island, if it's your favourite that confirms it lol
*** I did like Greed island. For me, that was mixing up the shounen formula done right. The final fight being a dodge ball match comes out of nowhere but it still shows off all of the characters nen powers. Gon letting his arm get blown off by the bomber was a brilliant moment as well. It definitely hit the mark more for me than the ants. My favorite arc though was probably Yorkshin. The Phantom Troupe has some interesting characters, with unique powers for one. The nen applications was one of the highlights of the show for me. Kurapika is a total badass at that point and his desire to kill the troupe is relate-able.
The ants arc started promising too, which probably ruined it even more for me. There's some decent character design (hit and miss admittedly), the premise is interesting, Kite is introduced. We then see the ants power build up, the royal guards hatch etc. You start to get the feeling this is a real emergency situation. Then you get to Pitou appearing and taking Kite's arm. Then, that entire fight is skipped. WHY? WHY? WHY? Kite has the roulette nen power, it's cool. I wanted to see more of it. Even if Kite is over powered in the end, seeing him beaten would've helped show the ants power again as well.
Overall Hunter x Hunter kind of felt like Dragon Ball Super for me. It set up big expectations and then kept letting me down. Build up the strength of two people, train and train and train to get stronger and then anti-climax. ***
Only read the post-anime stuff, just read chapter 357
Hisoka though 
He's a scary awesome character. Can't wait to see how he sees this all out.
He's a scary awesome character. Can't wait to see how he sees this all out.
Naru is one of my favourite characters ever
Nice. Hisoka is a very interesting character and deserves to be a protagonist in his own arc. I'd love to see more of him, Illumi and Ging.
Any place where I can download the whole bunch of episodes?
I'm not sure mate, I usually watch them on Kissanime.
Ging is another good shout yeah, really interesting character.
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What did you think of the Chrollo - Hisoka fight? Reading some forums and there are loads of people people moaning about the way Hisoka revives himself, but I think that's pretty cool to be honest. But six/seven chapters was a bit fecking much honestly, started getting bored towards the middle/end of the fight.
Also, the fight between the princes thing - boring too, in my opinion. I don't know any of the characters, if someone I liked was thrown into the equation it'd be pretty exciting, but for now it's a bunch of randomers fighting for somehting I couldn't care less about.
Also, the fight between the princes thing - boring too, in my opinion. I don't know any of the characters, if someone I liked was thrown into the equation it'd be pretty exciting, but for now it's a bunch of randomers fighting for somehting I couldn't care less about.
Now and Then, Here and There. I remember first planning to watch this about 10 years ago and I finally got round to watch it now. It's very dark contrary to the simple innocuous character designs and it was pretty decent, nice score and everything but I couldn't help but have a few qualms and I felt a bit indifferent to it after it ended.
Hisoka reviving himself was cool, I was also happy because I like the character, but man imagine if Chrollo had straight killed him that easily. He was such a boss during that fight.
And yeah the stuff with the princes so far isn't as compelling, but hopefully it leads to something better. I'm also happy anytime we get Kurapika action so it's all good.
And yeah the stuff with the princes so far isn't as compelling, but hopefully it leads to something better. I'm also happy anytime we get Kurapika action so it's all good.
trs16, post: 19374399, member: 57116"]I hated it really. Painfully slow, too much talking about things happening instead of things actually happening. And in the end
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For me the original anime did the first 2 arcs far better.
No one even fights. Oh, I'm poisoned. Now everyone's dead. The end.
It's a super power anime where the main villain is killed by poison from a bomb.
It's like Superman being stabbed by a pointy stick and dying. Or he picks up a urinary infection and dies.
You also have huge amounts of just wasted time. Gon's huge build up to the fight. Massive, massive build up to it and then it's over in five seconds and we don't even see most of it. The whole arc is just wasted. Wasted time, wasted effort.
Killua spends the whole arc doing literally nothing. I mean he enters one fight, for approximately 2 minutes and then runs out of power. And runs away.
The motivations barely made any sense as well. The only person who has a personal interest in the whole arc was Gon because Kite was killed. He knew Kite for what the total of two days, he was way too invested in him. The arc feels unimportant to the viewer because most of the characters just work for a sense of duty or pride. Its hardly engaging. Despite this, Gon's fight is totally anti-climactic.
Not to mention the show is about Gon trying to find his father. The chimera ants were just a stop he decided to make along the way. He and Killua didn't have participate at all.
It's a super power anime where the main villain is killed by poison from a bomb.
It's like Superman being stabbed by a pointy stick and dying. Or he picks up a urinary infection and dies.
You also have huge amounts of just wasted time. Gon's huge build up to the fight. Massive, massive build up to it and then it's over in five seconds and we don't even see most of it. The whole arc is just wasted. Wasted time, wasted effort.
Killua spends the whole arc doing literally nothing. I mean he enters one fight, for approximately 2 minutes and then runs out of power. And runs away.
The motivations barely made any sense as well. The only person who has a personal interest in the whole arc was Gon because Kite was killed. He knew Kite for what the total of two days, he was way too invested in him. The arc feels unimportant to the viewer because most of the characters just work for a sense of duty or pride. Its hardly engaging. Despite this, Gon's fight is totally anti-climactic.
Not to mention the show is about Gon trying to find his father. The chimera ants were just a stop he decided to make along the way. He and Killua didn't have participate at all.
To be fair the 2011 anime doesn't show it but it's in the Manga and original anime. Gon actually meets kite at the very beginning of the series on whale island before the hunter exam and tells him that he's his dad's student etc. Builds a bond with gon and then leaves to find jing which is why gon has such a strong feeling towards kite I have no idea why they excluded it from the 2011 version.
For me the original anime did the first 2 arcs far better.
That makes some sense at least. it would've been nice to include in the 2011. Although, I mentioned somewhere before that in the 2011 even if they knew each other it wasn't even like that acted friendly. It was constantly Kite questioning whether they were ready and Gon saying he was.
I haven't read it mate. Still looking to get it as a complete series of everything that's out till now.
Shite, sorry. Thought you had.
Just started Anohana. A little exasperating to watch but I can't stop.
What's it about?
Not sure how you'd like me to put it. I guess it's about a group of friends brought together again by past tragedy (that was also holding them back in their respective lives).
Anyone watched this anime?
Didn't get through the first five minutes first time around, but realised it's brilliant second time around. Love the opening and ending music too.
Yep!Anyone watched this anime?
It's really good. And quite underrated - probably one of the best 'character development' themed anime I've seen in recent years.
77 is quite low.
With the benefit of hindsight, one might say that that I didn't think a lot of things through with that list, particularly with those outside of the Top 25 to 35-ish. Though in fairness to the anime ranked above RAINBOW, I like them too; so it's very much a - can't win any which way - situation.77 is quite low.
I just finished Barakamon, it's brilliant. Just the right amount of heart and humour for my tastes. Also the perfect example of something being predictable but still very entertaining.
Recently finished both Future Diary (Mirai Nikki) & Deadman Wonderland and liked both, but can see why others didn't. I'll post my quick thoughts in a spoiler tag because I sometimes go off on tangents and don't want to spoil them for anyone who hasn't yet watched.
Think I might watch Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan as my next anime. Heard nothing but good things about it so I'm looking forward to that one!
Future Diary was easily my favourite of the two. I liked the story and concept of it so I decided to give it a go despite hearing mixed reviews, and at first I wasn't that into it and watched whilst multitasking as it all seemed a bit cliché to me, but the deeper i got into it, the more I started to enjoy.
Despite them not taking full advantage of such an interesting concept, the relationship of Yuki and Yuno is what kept me invested. As stated before, I found it all very cliché, and even though the fullonness(?) of Yuno's affection and love for Yuki was new for me, I still wasn't liking the show too much. Though, I persevered partly because it wasn't a long series and I like finishing short series', and due to being intrigued in Yuno's character, and I'm glad I did! Yuno is one of the most interesting characters I've seen in anime and I love her! She, and her relationship with Yuki made the series for me. Yuki's character was criticised a lot from what I've seen and although he did annoy me at times, I did like him. Anyway, back to Yuno! I was constantly wondering what crazy thing she'd do next, what happened in her childhood that scarred her for life in terms of her psyche, and if her love for Yuki was true. I was so glad that she truly loved Yuki because I shipped them so hard, and it just made for a nice ending. Their love for one another really did touch me.
The only problem for me in regards to the show itself was that I watched the English dub of it so when it came time to watch the OVA and it was only in Japanese, it ruined it a bit for me because it wasn't the Yuno and Yuki I knew if you know what I mean. Like, I wanted to hear the Yuno and Yuki I'd grown so attached to reunite in it. Hearing them reunite in Japanese just didn't touch me the way them reuniting in English would've done. Sadly, I doubt there'll be a English dub of the OVA now, but if they did I would definitely watch it again.
All in all, it definitely has a lot of flaws and I probably wouldn't recommend it because, for me, I overlooked those flaws due to being so infatuated with Yuki and Yuno's relationship which I doubt many would find as fascinating as me, but I enjoyed it and that's what counts.
Despite them not taking full advantage of such an interesting concept, the relationship of Yuki and Yuno is what kept me invested. As stated before, I found it all very cliché, and even though the fullonness(?) of Yuno's affection and love for Yuki was new for me, I still wasn't liking the show too much. Though, I persevered partly because it wasn't a long series and I like finishing short series', and due to being intrigued in Yuno's character, and I'm glad I did! Yuno is one of the most interesting characters I've seen in anime and I love her! She, and her relationship with Yuki made the series for me. Yuki's character was criticised a lot from what I've seen and although he did annoy me at times, I did like him. Anyway, back to Yuno! I was constantly wondering what crazy thing she'd do next, what happened in her childhood that scarred her for life in terms of her psyche, and if her love for Yuki was true. I was so glad that she truly loved Yuki because I shipped them so hard, and it just made for a nice ending. Their love for one another really did touch me.
The only problem for me in regards to the show itself was that I watched the English dub of it so when it came time to watch the OVA and it was only in Japanese, it ruined it a bit for me because it wasn't the Yuno and Yuki I knew if you know what I mean. Like, I wanted to hear the Yuno and Yuki I'd grown so attached to reunite in it. Hearing them reunite in Japanese just didn't touch me the way them reuniting in English would've done. Sadly, I doubt there'll be a English dub of the OVA now, but if they did I would definitely watch it again.
All in all, it definitely has a lot of flaws and I probably wouldn't recommend it because, for me, I overlooked those flaws due to being so infatuated with Yuki and Yuno's relationship which I doubt many would find as fascinating as me, but I enjoyed it and that's what counts.
I won't go as into Deadman Wonderland as I did with Future Diary but I do have a few things to say.
Opposed to Future Diary, I was really into this the first few episode or two but the more I watched, the more cliché it got. It started off with a great tense atmosphere with first, the inital "Redman" attack, Ganta's first time in Deadman Wonderland itself, and the meeting with Crow. Then, it just kind of fell flat. Some of the characters were interesting like Shiro, Tsunenaga Tamaki, Makina, Kiyomasa Senji (Crow), Yō Takami, Minatsuki Takami, but the main character himself Ganta Igarashi turned into the typical cliché hero. I didn't mind him, but him having the never give up despite the odds, always sticking up for my friends, gullible, innocent attitude was just something I'd seen so many times in a hero. He also sounded a lot like Tommy from Rugrats which was quite funny when screaming, shouting and cussing at people, etc.
I first thought like Future Diary that it was a short series capped off with an OVA of the faceoff between Ganta and the "Redman" or the aftermath of Deadman Wonderland being exposed for what it was, but it turned out that the OVA was sort of like a prequel to the series, and was about Crow's life before being a prisoner in Deadman Wonderland. Turns out it got cancelled after only 1 season which was quite disappointing because it seemed like it did have potential, and if it returned to the type of show it was was in the first few episodes in it's tense, thriller feel atmosphere, I would've been a big fan.
So, I wouldn't recommend starting the anime. Instead, read the manga as I do think it'd be worth it if you are a big anime/manga fan. I'm still hoping it's rebooted like HxH because I would like to see how the story plays out. I live in hope!
Opposed to Future Diary, I was really into this the first few episode or two but the more I watched, the more cliché it got. It started off with a great tense atmosphere with first, the inital "Redman" attack, Ganta's first time in Deadman Wonderland itself, and the meeting with Crow. Then, it just kind of fell flat. Some of the characters were interesting like Shiro, Tsunenaga Tamaki, Makina, Kiyomasa Senji (Crow), Yō Takami, Minatsuki Takami, but the main character himself Ganta Igarashi turned into the typical cliché hero. I didn't mind him, but him having the never give up despite the odds, always sticking up for my friends, gullible, innocent attitude was just something I'd seen so many times in a hero. He also sounded a lot like Tommy from Rugrats which was quite funny when screaming, shouting and cussing at people, etc.
I first thought like Future Diary that it was a short series capped off with an OVA of the faceoff between Ganta and the "Redman" or the aftermath of Deadman Wonderland being exposed for what it was, but it turned out that the OVA was sort of like a prequel to the series, and was about Crow's life before being a prisoner in Deadman Wonderland. Turns out it got cancelled after only 1 season which was quite disappointing because it seemed like it did have potential, and if it returned to the type of show it was was in the first few episodes in it's tense, thriller feel atmosphere, I would've been a big fan.
So, I wouldn't recommend starting the anime. Instead, read the manga as I do think it'd be worth it if you are a big anime/manga fan. I'm still hoping it's rebooted like HxH because I would like to see how the story plays out. I live in hope!
Think I might watch Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan as my next anime. Heard nothing but good things about it so I'm looking forward to that one!
Not gonna lie, One Piece is so awesome, I don't care what anyone says.
The Sabaody Archipelago and Amazon Lily Arcs have been fantastic, and the animation has improved massively lately. I kind of regret not watching the fillers now as I'm getting close to catching up
This might be my favourite anime series.
The Sabaody Archipelago and Amazon Lily Arcs have been fantastic, and the animation has improved massively lately. I kind of regret not watching the fillers now as I'm getting close to catching up
This might be my favourite anime series.
It is pretty awesome. The next two arcs are just as good if not better.Not gonna lie, One Piece is so awesome, I don't care what anyone says.
The Sabaody Archipelago and Amazon Lily Arcs have been fantastic, and the animation has improved massively lately. I kind of regret not watching the fillers now as I'm getting close to catching up
This might be my favourite anime series.
Actually, they are better.
Speaking of which, the manga is entering some good territory now too. Although more breaks are a bit annoying.
Aye, the next couple major arcs are brilliant. Infact, it just escalates in terms of quality post-Thriller Bark.
War of the Best!
War of the Best!
Officially announced: Attack On Titan season 2 will come out Spring 2017 (April-ish).
The season 2 poster:
The season 2 poster:
Looking back Kabaneri seems like a waste of time. Superb art though.
The cgi animation in the new Berserk series, ugh.
The rating on MAL
, is it really that bad?regarding One Piece I'm nearing the end of Impel Down part 2, amazing arc. the majority of the last 200 or so episodes of this have been brilliant for me, the animations gotten really good too.