I wonder how the police even got involved. The article says the NCMEC reported him? But was he streaming the game? Did somebody on Steam or Discord see his game activity and ratted on him to the NCMEC?
Anyway, I don’t see why the National Council for Missing and Exploited Children should concern themselves with drawings of fictional characters. Nor the police, nor the law.
Reminds me of this cutie.
My only complaint about Frieren is the exam arc. Up till that point, it’s a tightly knit group of adventurers traveling with a very vague goal, it’s about their journey and their internal relationships. But the exam arc has an actual goal and introduces a lot of recurring characters, which really changes the vibe of the world. I liked it enough in the end, but I would’ve preferred more smaller arcs. On the other hand, season 2 could put the exam arc in a whole new light and make me appreciate all those characters much more when we see them again.
I was just thinking, can I honestly think of a perfect anime? But yes, Steins;Gate, without a doubt. It is so perfect that the second season, which is an almost-perfect anime and fits neatly in the events of the first, can only bring it down in perfection.
I recently rewatched it and there’s a lot of foreshadowing and plot points that hit harder when you see them coming.
Curling her arms around me, dragging me into the dark deep, holding me tight as I struggle to get free :3
And that’s ignoring the Uma Musume manga releasing earlier and My Little Pony: Make Your Mark enjoying modest popularity. And of course the simple fact that people can still be quite fond of cartoon horses who no longer get any new episodes.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 9 Episode 26: 2019-10-12
Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 1 Episode 1: 2018-04-02
There was an 18 month overlap where you could watch two sets of animated cartoon horses.
For the English dub, yes. I even found Italian, French, German, Spanish and Russian. But none of the pirates set their VPN to Netherlands to get the Dutch dub.
And then you have me, who’s so hardcore I was forced to sign up for Netflix so I could watch the Dutch dub of Tonari no Totoro . If I was any more hardcore, I’d figure out how to rip it from there, because it’s the only home release it ever got, as far as I can tell. Can’t even find a second-hand VHS (wouldn’t be acceptable quality anyway).
But that whole situation means I’m a Netflix subscriber who “prefers dubs” for their stats, even though I rarely watch a dub.
Wow, how strange to hear Gotou Yuuko use her Mikuru voice again. I recently heard her in a minor role in HanaShura and she used this old lady voice that immediately made me feel ancient, but now I realize she can do whatever she wants with her voice and it wasn’t a sign of her (or my) age. I’m still young! 2006 wasn’t 19 years ago!
I’m impressed by the soundtrack and sound design. For most things they had a great manga to copy from, but the sounds are all brand new. It fits the animation and style very well though.
It’s trash and I love it. I hope we’ll get some yuri love triangle plot, I spotted what looked like a Yuu daki in Suzu’s bed? She’s also clearly tsundere for Yuu.
The cast reminds me a bit of
but this episode didn’t immediately show the quality of jokes and pacing that made Hitori such a memorable show (that we didn’t forget about, right? It’s Hitori Bocchi, she’s the girl who sits in the corner seat. We were friends!)
What the hell happened to Edward’s face?
AI upscaling is the newest vector of digital rot. We already had forced compression, watermarks, people making screenshots instead of saving the picture and now there’s AI upscaling guessing at details that never existed.
Here’s the original picture.
Edit: Found a better resolution that wasn’t decAIed
Definitely watching City and Dandadan. And Yofukashi no Uta S2 snuck up on me, have to watch that too.
As for originals/newcomers, I put Bad Girl on my PTW ages ago and it’s finally time! Just some silly yuri shenanigans, I don’t expect too much of it.
I tried to find the hidden microtonal harmony, but no, it seems to be properly off key. Let’s hope they change it after 6 episodes and it turns out to be the vocals for a completely different song. (Now I got myself hyped for a 4d move that’s probably not even real.)
No longer cold Miku
I really like any Miku in the snow, the color of her hair matches the cold nicely. Though I also think it matches the beach and racing, so maybe I just like Miku…
2007 was 18 years ago. I don’t know if your experience in starting a business and buying a house translates to the current economic situation. (Also… the regional/national situations of the other commenter, which they didn’t specify, making it very hard to write a relevant response.)
Hana wa Saku, Shura no Gotoku
I didn’t really have high expectations of this, but the first episode did a good job with the animation supporting the poems, so I kept watching. Sadly, the entire series was setting up for a championship arch that didn’t actually appear. Instead, the climax/resolution of the last episodes introduced a bunch of new characters and some family drama that would have needed 5 episodes to properly explore, so it just fell flat. They introduced plenty of interesting characters for a cool qualifier event or something, I just wanted Hana to read more poems. That’s what hooked your viewers, it’s what sets you apart, so use it.
Medalist
Really solid, punchy animation. Well choreographed action. Wormies.
Blue Box
Love how it combines a sports story with a romance story without compromising on either. All likeable characters getting into believable drama and it never feels like the writing is stalling, every episode develops the characters and story in an interesting way. And outside of the romance, I love to see Taiki train hard, play good badminton and beat strong rivals.
Gelee? Ich habe das immer als Qualle gelesen. Aber Quallen haben keine Flossen…
I just started Sanda this week and I still have to catch up, but it’s already my sleeper hit of the year. What science are they doing at Science Saru to make Dandadan and this back to back?
I’m just disappointed in the AMZN subtitles and no fansubbers picked this up, so now I’m learning how to use Aegisub. For myself, initially, because it’s a bit late to retime the full season at this point.
Though if I figure out how to do signs and karaoke, it could still be worth doing a batch release for… next Christmas? (If no better groups pick it up before then. I’m just a single amateur with a grudge against badly timed subs.)