I didn’t grow up with Dragon ball, frankly not a big fan of the art style either, but I recognize the importance he and his work brought to the manga and anime industry. Rest in peace, legend.

I read this manga a good while back. It’s a much darker story than Frieren and not episodic.

Second half of the fight is so good! Love the special ED as well.

NOOOO! Cliffhager again!

KonoSuba is worth mentioning. The “KonoSuba” voice line always has something to do with what the characters were doing/feeling right before the break. Like if Aqua did something cheeky the story, she would say “KonoSuba” in a cheeky voice.

Yeah for sure. I was looking at the Goodyear, Audi, etc. banners and thinking if they actually sponsered this anime lol. Usually they change irl brand names to something like Goodtire, Aubi or something.

Pretty interesting to me that they chose to tell the story through a cameraman’s eye. Curious to see what’s next.

Having read the manga, I think this is one of the best examples of the anime adaptation enhancing the original work. I really enjoy the story pacing so far, the anime doesn’t hesitate to slow down on some story bits to let us soak in the world and character’s emotions. It’s a very comfy pacing. Then on top of that, the beautiful animation and OST just takes this to another level. I can’t commend the OST enough, it is SO good.

Another fantasy series I was excited for this season was S-rank daughter. I enjoyed the LN story, but the Frieren anime adaptation just blows it out of the water in terms of animation quality and makes it look like an amateur production.

Okay.

First off, afaik, they never advertised “lifetime” warranty nor software support on their website.

Secondly, as I told you in the previous comment already, you can still use the product as is! This is no different from phone manufacturers dropping software support after 2 or 5+ years. Not to mention this probably only affects hardware that are older than 2009. That’s over 10 years of software support already. Granted they could have reuploaded a version without the AAC codec, but still.

Third, looking at Via’s AAC FAQ, license fees are due on “per unit” sale, and the term of the license is five years, with additional five years renewal. There never was a lifetime license for it. The same goes for every single hardware/software sold that has AAC encoder/decoder built in. So if your actual issue is with that, take it up on Via and the patent holders, and start using foss audio codecs like OGG Vorbis or FLAC.

Well if you’re aware of it, why continue misinforming people with a video he retracted? You’re still using the device as is. They aren’t retroactively deleting functionality off of your device after support ends. The license issue just means that they cannot legally distribute legacy software from their website anymore. AFAIK, Synology emailed their customers informing them ahead of time to download the image before they had to take it down, I think they did what they could have done already.

The original licensing problem in question was about the AAC codec, which as you probably know, is practically in every device we use and are in use daily. So until another open codec becomes the norm, or until all the patents expire in 2031, there probably will still be cases like this popping up from time to time.

FYI, he posted an apology video not long after that saying he jumped the gun, and that Synology had to remove the software not because they wanted to, but because some parts of their software were licensed and expired. Video link

Food wars, Eromanga Sensei come to mind.

^Unless you want to delve into the atrocity that is My life as Inukai-san’s Dog?^I’m sorry^^

Three genres separate, or all three at the same time?

I don’t know the answer to your question. I just wanted to say good taste! Kids on the Slope is one of my favorites.

I’ve read the first few light novels of Nanatsu no Maken, and they’re pretty good so looking forward to the anime!

Good to know. Thanks!

Are there any limitations for using xpenology? I’m assuming you still won’t be able to use Synology’s services that require their servers, correct?