Anime topic 4.0... U

Skipping right past 2.0 and 3.0, here's another anime topic.

Anyway, Durarara!! x2... Omg, episodes 7 just left me yelling at the screen. Spoilers below... mostly me fanboying.

durarararararara:

Not caught up on Durarara anywhere near enough to read your spoilers yet.
But meh...
Obviously I've let anime in general lag behind a bit.
Pretty much the only show I'm consistently keeping up with on a weekly basis is Aldnoah.Zero.
However, Cross Ange and World Trigger are pretty close - I'm only an episode behind on each. Both of those shows have managed to stay interesting and maintain consistent quality throughout.

Heh - only a couple more months until Fate/Stay Night UBW resumes and the Digimon Adventure anime finally starts.

Just watch it already! Do it! Watch it! It is too good!

I THINK i seen durarara season 1. That being said


BEST ANIMES ARE Code geass season 1 and 2, death note up until episode 24., accelworld, air gear, SAO(kinda)

Well I say go back and watch it if you only THINK you've seen it.

Also, I somehow scanned over Anubis mentioning the new Digimon anime. I may actually watch that.

And Valin, SAO, you're getting into some mixed message territory there. Best? I'm not too sure on it being anywhere close.

reason it was end of list with a kinda attached

Well, it was still on the list period, if just kinda. Do you have stipulations like, "just episodes 1-12"?

more like episodes 1-13, 23-24, all of gungale, and sleeping knights

I actually finally got around to watching Code Geass over winter break, Valin. Pretty good stuff overall.

Yeah Lost - really looking forward to the new (but oldschool) Digimon Adventure. A true sequel series. Digidestined in highschool. Should be amusing. As long as they don't ruin Izzy by making him a facebook fangirl/mobile phone gaming addict...

Anyways...
I took a break from MH4U yesterday just long enough to stay up to date with and catch up on:
Aldnoah.Zero
World Trigger
Parasyte -The Maxim-

Beyond that, I'll continue to watch Cross Ange and occasionally catch up on Durarara.

Double-post because been a while since updating this thread?

Anyways - I'm finally up to Durarara!! X2, episode 9. Yep.

DX2 up to now:

On a sidenote Lost, Baccano! - have you seen it?

So, other than being up to episode 9 of DX2, still keeping up with Cross Ange, Aldnoah.Zero, Parasyte, and World Trigger. I'm not sure if I care to invest the time in catching up with any of the other anime I've let lag behind so far, so I'll probably leave it at that for now, more or less. Although, I suppose I might go back to the old watchlist and ~finish off~ a few shows that I was close to the end of, but started lagging behind just a few episodes before they actually concluded - like Sabagebu and Nobunaga Concerto.

Durararararararararararara:

No, no Baccano! watching for me.

Among the recent ones I highly recommend Kiseijuu (aka Parasyte).
I wasn't even compelled by it at first but it gets very interesting and I'm now extremely hyped to see how it will end.

In terms of the current season, I've been watching Death Parade and Assassination Classroom, which are both good. I'm not particularly in love with either of them but they're not bad shows by any means. I haven't really watched much from the winter or fall seasons, now that I think about it. Any recommendations?

Lost! No Baccano! - why?

DRRR!!X2:

Aisaka-

Glad to hear I'm not the only one around here that watches/likes Parasyte. Wicked show. I found it pretty compelling from the start, myself - although I also dig symbiont/parasite concepts in general, whether they be Stargate Goa'uld, Marvel Symbiotes, or even more down-to-earth, good, old-fashioned possession-happy demons from just about anything. Enhancing other forms of life with some clever symbiosis is win, even if it does tend to be more parasitic than mutualistic in many cases.

Ragnia-

Death Parade and Assassination Classroom are on my to-watch list. There are a number of anime past and present that I'm saving to binge-watch over summer break.

As for the anime recs from fall/winter- I watched tons of anime last year - at one point I was regularly keeping up with 15 shows on a weekly basis. So, so much to recommend depending on how much free time you have to burn. The general shortlist of anime I made off the top of my head last year at one point is as follows:

No Game No Life
Psycho Pass (might as well watch the Extended Version of season 1 while you're at it)
Fate/Zero
Kill la Kill
Arpeggio of Blue Steel -ARS NOVA-
Chaika - The Coffin Princess
Aldnoah.Zero
Akame ga Kill!
World Conquest Zvezda Plot
Brynhildr in the Darkness
Selector Infected WIXOSS
Knights of Sidonia
The Irregular at Magic Highschool
Majimoji Rurumo

Although that list kinda spans a lot of early 2014 and even some late 2013 come to think of it. That list was pretty much made for Lost at the time.

Beyond that, some other anime I watched last year that I would recommend are:
Akuma no Riddle [Riddle Story of Devil]
Black Bullet
Terraformars
Broken Blade (the reboot anime...it was alright)
Persona 4 Golden The Animation
Seikoku no Dragonar [Dragonar Academy]

Other than that, I sort of take it for granted that people are watching things like SAO, but I guess if you need an express recommendation for it, SAO season 2 wasn't terrible.

On a similar but sort of opposite note, I sort of take it for granted that Fate/ is well-known and awesome enough to not need a recommendation, but on the off chance that you haven't watched it yet: Watch the Fate/stay night (Unlimited Blade Works reboot) that just finished airing in December (and get ready for it to continue next month). The only exception to this is if you haven't watched Fate/Zero, in which case watch Fate/Zero, and then get to watching the Unlimited Blade Works edition of Fate/stay night.

There are a few other recommendations I might have, but meh...they're kinda on the fringe or otherwise don't necessarily make the list for one reason or another (with several titles simply not making the list because I haven't quite finished them - like Nobunaga Concerto and Sabagebu).

Lol - maybe one of these days I'll actually get on myanimelist or otherwise compile a more comprehensive/sensible list of anime for people. I still feel like I'm missing something though...

But meh...

Current watchlist of stuff I'm regularly keeping up with is now:

Aldnoah.Zero
Parasyte -the maxim-
Durarara!! X2
World Trigger
Cross ANGE

In more or less that order of priority. World Trigger has turned out to be surprisingly good imo. At first glance it seemed pretty generic, and I didn't think it would hold my attention for very long because of the bland-as-**** enemies, but the characters are great, and it is actually a pretty clever show and touches upon some interesting politics and social dynamics that aren't necessarily at the forefront of other shows. It's also still good for a laugh and straight-up action since it doesn't take itself too seriously despite actually having some fairly heavy content.

Meanwhile, I still say Cross ANGE has been a pretty huge surprise, especially after watching so many mecha shows last year and being ready for another Argevollen-tier steaming pile of attention-destroying genericness. The overall quality of the show is great as far as I'm concerned, and I pity anyone who dismisses it because of the relatively high H factor. Plenty of ecchi and fanservice in the show, no doubt, but it is by no means a show that relies on that to get by. Excellent story, characters, and concepts all around. Also, hot prison girls, fighting mechs, and extradimensional dragons. Should be enough said. Also, plot twists and general hilarity.

Haha, I'm normally keeping up with around ten shows at a time but I've been kept busy so I haven't been able to. As for last year, I watched pretty much everything I wanted to but seeing the recommendations for both Psycho Pass and Rurumo means I'll do my best to watch them as they were both on my radar at some point. Considering how much I've seen Fate series recommended, I find it difficult for me to argue against watching them now, so thanks for that.

As for Assassination Classroom and Death Parade, I think most people would be pleased by both of them. AC is a great comedy show with a pretty unique sense of humor that I haven't seen much in other anime (though that may be due to my not watching comedy anime often). Death Parade has done little to wow me thus far, but it's still a solid show and I expect that last few episodes to mess with my mind because that's the way it seems to be going.

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll get on them when I find the time ^^

Yeah, definitely watch Psycho-Pass.
I suppose Rurumo might be hit-or-miss for some people, but I thought it was pretty great overall.
Fate/Zero and the UBW reboot of /stay night are pure win. Fate/Zero comes before /stay night chronologically btw, so yeah, go ahead and check out /Zero first if you haven't.

Also, not strictly anime, but I guess I'll mention Legend of Korra as well. Nickelodeon kinda (well, totally) botched it in terms of delivery, and sadly that also starts to become evident in the show itself at some points (a few episodes it seemed like Korra pretty much just gave up on itself for lack of support) - but all in all, I still say Legend of Korra is worth watching at least once, if only for Zaheer. Oh, and Zelda.

Yeah, I dunno. I watched the first three or four episodes of Rurumo and enjoyed it, but I just sort of dropped it for whatever reason. I was enjoying watching it though, so I'm not entirely sure why I stopped. The same sorta thing goes for Fate/Zero. I had watched the first episode, liked it enough, and then just stopped though I think it was because I was watching it just to watch something, not to become invested in the show.

And I agree on Korra. I liked it a lot, though the second season was sort of bland for me, but I didn't feel the same draw to it as I did with the Last Airbender. While both are great shows, Airbender has something in it that made me enjoy it more than I did Korra, though I couldn't tell you what.

In terms of shows I think everybody should give a shot, I strongly recommend Jormungand and its second season, Jormungand: Perfect Order. Jormungand has high quality animation, likable characters, and a really cool plot. The only complaint that I have is that the second season ends with a really annoying pseudo-cliffhanger that ties any loose ends together, but not in any super concrete way making you want a third season, something that won't ever happen since the series is finished.

Yeah, Rurumo's pacing kinda has some hiccups, and I also wound up staggering my viewing. It's one of those shows that I enjoyed watching when I did watch it, but wasn't necessarily ~compelled to watch the next episode~ as soon as I finished watching one. The Fate/ series can take a few episodes to pick up momentum. Even the new /stay night doesn't really start kicking off until the 3rd episode, but imo they are still excellent all-round.

I've binge-watched both seasons of Psycho Pass though, so if that's what you're looking for...

I saw a anime, while not the best...pretty decent its called,"I dont have many friends" posting this because one of the video games they play and have a few episodes just about it is, Monster hunter

Haganai!
Yeah lol. Newts actually recommended that to me back in the day, for precisely that reason (the Monster Hunter episode). Plenty of great stuff in that show.

Meanwhile, I just finished watching Sabagebu. Excellent stuff while it lasted.

Since I didn't earlier, I'm gonna mention Durarara!!x2 Episode 10. This is going to be my favorite episode for a long time, I'm sure, just because of the first half. Izaya manages to shoot himself so far into the lead of being amazing, and only increases the lead with 10.

I might try watching an animu or two before break ends, but we'll see.

Well, gonna update. Cour 1 of season 2 is over, and the next starts in July. They already dubbed like 1/3rd of the episodes, and it is just all super. I have only a few issues with the entire season:

-Shizuo's brother and the girl barely had any screen time. I'm sure Cour 2 will put a lot more story into them, but yeah.
-Same for the Izaya twins. They seemed to more be build up for Aoba, and just general Izaya-related things, because Izaya. And a partial connection to the main issue of Cour 1.
-There's a cliff hanger and the episodes aren't coming out until July!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I can tell by all the overwhelming activity in this thread since my last post that I have a lot to catch up on.

Since summer break's started, I've been catching up on a few titles I put off previously, and of course keeping up with my main shows.

So, naturally, I've been regularly watching the following, and am currently up to date on:
Fate/stay night UBW
World Trigger
OreGairu Season 2 (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU)
DanMachi (Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)
Gunslinger Stratos

Beyond those, based on recommendations from friends and/or personal interests, I've been catching up on:
Knights of Sidonia 2
Owari no Seraph (Seraph of the End) [wicked stuff; also has the ~cute girl wielding a demonic scythe~ stamp of approval]
Plastic Memories
Death Parade
Ansatsu Kyoshitsu (Assassination Classroom)

Meanwhile, the following anime are sort of in purgatory as shows that are either technically still on the watchlist because I mean to check them out even though I have no idea when I'll actually get to them, or shows that I've checked out but am close to dropping for lack of interest or other general meh impressions:
Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
Rin-Ne
Triage X
Wish Upon the Pleiades
Saint Seiya - Soul of Gold
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
Ninja Slayer From Animation
Kekkai Sensen (Bloodline Battlefront)
Junketsu no Maria (Maria the Virgin Witch)
Arslan Senki
Grisaia Series
GITS Arise - Alternative Architecture

My friend is gonna be getting a Crunchyroll subscription, so I have a ton of anime to watch this summer.

Alrighty, bit of an update:

Fate/stay night UBW has finished. Pretty great stuff all around imo, although the balance of drama vs action felt a little off. Granted, UBW has a lot of drama and backstory to pack in, but it seemed like the fight scenes and other action segments got snubbed a bit despite their incredible impact and execution for whatever screentime they did make up.

Gunslinger Stratos is over too. It was alright, but everything seemed a bit rushed and contrived by the end, and the ending felt as pointless as it was heartwarming, so take that however you will.

I also finished Death Parade, although since it was a short series, that's not much to write about in and of itself. I thought it was a pretty awesome show with some great characters all around and some excellent ideas, but it also seemed like a show that was destined to be short-lived, or else wouldn't be able to maintain its quality/interest factor for long.

Other than that, since my last post, I started watching GITS: Arise- Alternative Architecture, Kekkai Sensen, and Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma - I'm also completely caught up with them (and finished with GITS AAA).

Meanwhile, all caught up on and regularly watching:
World Trigger
OreGairu Season 2 (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU)
DanMachi (Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)
Knights of Sidonia 2
Owari no Seraph (Seraph of the End)
Ansatsu Kyoshitsu (Assassination Classroom)

I've lagged behind a bit on Plastic Memories, and the following are still more or less in entertainment purgatory/on the indefinite to-watch list:
Rin-Ne
Triage X
Wish Upon the Pleiades
Saint Seiya - Soul of Gold
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
Ninja Slayer From Animation
Junketsu no Maria (Maria the Virgin Witch)
Arslan Senki
Grisaia Series