#code geass in 2022? code geass in 2022!

[yanchamisc]

2022 Sunrise Bandai Namco Pictures clear bookmarks given out to shareholders.

Shiiba Amou/I-Les Gai (Amaim Warrior At The Borderline) Gallet (Battle Spirits Mirage) Towa Higurashi/Setsuna/Moroha (Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon) Kotetsu T. Kaburagi/Barnaby Brooks Jr. (Tiger & Bunny 2) Ayumu Uehara (Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club) Eve/Aoi Amawashi (Birdie Wing Golf Girls' Story) Cucuruz Doan/Amura Ray/Haro (Mobile Suit Gundam Cucuruz Doan's Island) Kanon Shibuya (Love Live! Superstar!!) Lelouch (Code Geass Lelouch Of The Rebellion) Ichigo Hoshimiya (Aikatsu!) Jiron Amoss (Blue Gale Xabungle) Gintoki Sakata (Gintama)

[birdmans]

house of the dragon (2022—) / code geass (2006—2007) / us against you, fredrik backman

[wanderersrest]

An Abbreviated History of Mecha Part 7: The Witching Hour Is Here!

Spoiler Warning: This post contains spoilers for one Brave Bang Bravern. I'd recommend watching at least the first episode of Bravern before continuing.

Welcome to the final installment of An Abbreviated History of Mecha! Last time, we had some technical difficulties due to the Lich screwing things up with its time shenanigans covered what many would consider to be mecha's "Dark Age." Now, we will see how the genre has recovered. It remains to be seen how this decade will go down in history, but so far mecha shows have had a minor bit of a rebound. Though that insipid line of thinking (you've probably heard it at one point: "mecha shows are about the robots, not the characters") is still doing a bit of harm to the general reception of mecha shows, the canon is doing better than before. Not well, like it was in the 90's, but it's not in dire straits.

Victory is never decided by mobile suit performance alone.

Nor by the skill of the pilot, alone.

The result itself is the only proof!

Kyoukai Senki/AMAIM: Warrior At the Borderline (2021)

Kicking off the decade, 2021 would give us a new franchise in the form of the former Xebec, now Sunrise Beyond series AMAIM: Warrior At the Borderline. Sporting smaller robots in a setting similar to Code Geass but Japan was split into three by three world superpowers like it was Post-World War II Germany, AMAIM would be one of the few new mecha shows to come out that would be animated entirely in 2D.

Megaton Musashi (2021)

Developed by Level-5 Studios, Megaton Musashi is a game series that pays homage to the mecha stories of old, particularly that of Getter Robo. The game itself would suffer in terms of marketing, as Level-5 would end up shuttering their US studio in this decade. Which is wild, because this series would also get an anime adaptation that's only started airing this year.

Also, Megaton Musashi has a lot of crossovers with older mecha shows like Getter Robo and Combattler V.

SSSS.Dynazenon (2021) & Gridman Universe (2023)

Returning in 2021 would be Studio Trigger with the follow-up to SSSS.Gridman, SSSS.Dynazenon. Based off of the Dyna Dragon from the original Gridman the Hyper Agent, SSSS.Dynazenon would carry on the energy from its predecessor in terms of energy and heart.

2023 would also see the worlds of SSSS.Gridman and SSSS.Dynazenon collide with the movie finale Gridman Universe, bringing the casts of both shows together for one last hurrah for Trigger's Gridman trilogy.

Back Arrow (2021)

While 2021 was a good year for mecha in general, one show that doesn't get talked about more is Goro Taniguchi's Back Arrow. Set in the walled world of Lingalind, Back Arrow would give us a story where the mecha are powered by a character's convictions.

That's right! Back Arrow is quite possibly the single greatest series in terms of highlighting what piloted giant robots are all about. These stories were never about the giant robot itself; the giant robots were living extensions of the pilots who controlled them. Hence why the breiheights of Back Arrow are based purely on a character's core beliefs.

Getter Robo Arc (2021)

2020 would also see the surprise announcement of an adaptation of the unfortunately unfinished Getter Robo Arc. With the goal of wrapping up the story as best as possible without the guiding hand of series creator Ken Ishikawa, Getter Robo Arc's anime adaptation would finally release in 2021. With this, the Getter Robo saga can finally come to an end.

If you've already watched his video on Getter Robo, Cheese GX also has a follow-up covering Getter Robo Arc specifically.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash (2021) & Cucuruz Doan's Island (2022)

And in case you didn't believe me when I said 2021 was a good year for mecha, let me remind you of something: Gundam was featured as part of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Gundam would see the creation of the now-disassembled RX-78-2 Gundam in Yokohama as part of the celebration of the games. The RX-0 Gundam Unicorn would also make a cameo in the background during the Olympic Rock Climbing event, as Gundam Front Tokyo was the venue.

Most important of all for us, is that 2021 would see the release of part one of a trilogy of movies based on the Hathaway's Flash novel. And as if that wasn't enough, 2022 would also see the release of a movie based on the infamous episode of the original series known as Cucuruz Doan's Island. And as a reminder: Gundam's not done yet. I haven't even gotten to the other big Gundam series yet. These were just the two major series released for the Universal Century in this decade.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (2022)

Where Gundam made really big news in this decade was with the release of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury. Set in the Ad Stella timeline, G-Witch would bring awareness to the franchise that hadn't really been seen since it's heyday in the 90's. G-Witch would also differentiate itself from the rest of the Gundam series by presenting us with Gundam's first female main protagonist, the very tanuki-coded Suletta Mercury (and that depends, because if we're saying Gundam protagonist, then I'd argue technically War in the Pocket's Christina McKenzie has Suletta beat by a couple decades; this isn't even getting into Ecoile du Ciel). And not only is she the first female protagonist, Suletta is also Gundam's first queer protagonist!

Bullbuster (2023)

If there is any series that I wish I had caught while it was airing last year, it would definitely be Bullbuster. Cut from the same cloth as Patlabor and Dai-Guard, Bullbuster presents to us a construction robot is used to fight... aliens?

LEGO movie, is that you?

Okay, seriously though, I do think Bullbuster got drowned out due to being in a year that also included The Witch From Mercury.

Brave Bang Bravern (2024)

Man, if you thought The Witch From Mecury was gay...

2024 would open with Cygames Studio's Brave Bang Bravern. Directed by Masami Obari (a man who I have somehow failed to mention until now), Bravern would manage to capture the joy of the Brave franchise of old (and really mecha shows on the whole), all while making it very gay.

And I mean it. Bravern is quite possibly the single gayest show to come out in the 2020's. Maybe even of all time.

And that's really a wrap on pretty much everything that's come out, but there is one upcoming series set to come out next month...

Grendizer U (Airs July 2024)

Not seeming to want to be left out, the Mazinger saga would also get a surprise announcement in 2023 with a teaser for Grendizer U. Set to air in 2024, Grendizer U is going to be a reboot of the original UFO Robot Grendizer series, though some changes have been made (namely, Kouji has now brought along both Sayaka and Professor Yumi; more importantly, Kouji will now be piloting Mazinger Z instead of playing a support role like he did in the original Grendizer).

You can bet that I will be covering this series, especially if it's picked up by Crunchyroll this coming summer.

Looking Beyond Grendizer U & 2024: Live-action Gundam, Hathaway Parts 2 & 3, Gunbuster 3, and Patlabor EZY

Going beyond 2024, there are also other series that are set to be released some time in this decade. 2016 saw the release of the Patlabor Reboot promo, which is supposedly a test run for a new Patlabor series: Patlabor EZY. Supposedly set to air sometime in 2026 (at least last I saw), I'm as excited about this as Isao Ohta is about any type of gun that comes across his path.

Studio Gaina (again, not to be confused with the now-closed Gainax) also has plans to release Gunbuster 3, though that will probably be on the shelves for now until Grendizer U wraps up.

And of course, Gundam still has two more parts of the Hathaway movies to work on. There's also a live-action Gundam series that is also in the works at Legendary.

Conclusion

And that's a wrap, folks. Finally, after ten whole posts, I've covered an incomplete history of mecha! Yes that's right! Incomplete! Why did you think it was called abbreviated?

Jokes aside, I thought this would be a relatively simple project. Just cover a handful of mecha shows from the decades since their inception, say a thing or two about them, and move on. It turns out that, even when I cherry-picked the shows to talk about, there were still a lot of them.

Do I regret doing it, though? No. Well, maybe that bit about Valvrave specifically. Outside of that, I think it is important that this series of posts still exist. I tried my best to be as impartial as possible, and hopefully you, dear reader, have caught that. I really don't want this project to turn out to be identical in tone to Professor Otaku's Complete History of Mecha video series. Man literally cannot hide his disdain for shows he doesn't like very well, and I think it does a massive disservice to both his series and himself.

What I want you to take away from this series of posts is: every show I covered on here is someone's favorite. I've seen at least one person go to bat for every series I named here. I've done it for G Gundam and Patlabor, and I plan on doing it for a couple more series on here. The real important thing here is that this post helps in dismissing that wrong-headed claim of "mecha shows are just about the robots and not the characters." Which is a thing I will talk about soon.

But not right now. Now I want to rest. And by rest, I mean throwing my wrist out while playing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

God Groose is such a great character.

[ryuichirou]

what fandoms were you in long before twisted wonderland? I mean like over 10 years ago.

Anon, thank you for this question because it made us sit down and actually look through the albums of my old art and write a list LOL We thought it’d take like 30 minutes tops + 10 minutes to write all of this down, but it took 2+ hours yikes… So sorry, no other replies today :(

And made us realise just how much we revisit certain fandoms 🤦‍♂️ I guess we’re loyal!

Some of them were just very brief phases when we watched/rewatched something, I drew like 5 sketches for this thing and we moved on after about a week. But it was still prominent enough for us to feel like “Oh right, Ryu was drawing (this) back then”. Damn, 2013-2016 were insane, we were jumping around so much… When did these people have time to watch and draw so much shit??

Since this blog is very old, you can find some of my very old shitty fanart for a lot of those here. In all honesty, I really want to draw fanart on some of the more obscure and old ones again… if you have questions about any of this, feel free to ask!

2007: W.I.T.C.H., Oban Star Racers, Naruto lol my very young years

2008: Petshop of Horrors, Yami no Matsuei, Gravitation

2009: Hetalia, Vocaloid

2010: Vocaloid, Terra e…, Shoujo Kakumei Utena, Hetalia

2011: Terra e, Kaze to Ki no Uta, Sound Horizon, Hetalia, Magi (mostly Judal), Kuroshitsuji (a little bit)

2012: Homestuck, Prince of Tennis, Sengoku Basara, Sound Horizon, DC (Batman + Robin, mostly Tim Drake), Thor, Danny Phantom, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, ATLA, Adventure time, D. Gray-Man

2013: Ed Edd n Eddy, Sound Horizon, Penumbra Overture, Lucius, Thor, Hetalia, Dan Vs, Hannibal, Shingeki no Kyojin, Death Note, Bakuman, Neon Genesis Evangelion, South Park, Durarara, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Litchi Hikari Club, Hellsing Ultimate, Yami no Matsuei, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Game of Thrones, Hannibal, the Simpsons

2014: Kuroko no Basket, Hadaka Shitsuji, Hoozuki no Reitetsu, Gravitation, Shingeki no Kyojin, Tytania, Panty&Stocking, Soul Eater, Bleach, Kill la Kill, Hellsing Ultimate, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood,  Ace Attorney (trilogy + Apollo Justice), Priapus (by Mentaiko/Itto lol I drew him a lot), Togainu no Chi, Outlast, Daria, Scooby Doo, Haikyuu, DMMD, Katekyō Hitman Reborn, Tokyo Ghoul, Free, Kuroshitsuji, Psycho-Pass, Yowamushi Pedal (HUGE!!!!!), D. Gray-man, One-Punch Man

2015: Metalocalypse, ATLOK, Gravity Falls, Guns n’ Roses (yeah the band), Hannibal, Steven Universe, View Askewniverse, the Addams family, Ace Attorney Dual Destinies, DMMD, Life is Strange, Over the Garden Wall, Rick & Morty, South Park, Miraculous Ladybug, Undertale, Watchmen

2016: Supernatural, Peanuts, Osomatsu-san, Outlast, Until Dawn, BioShock Infinite, Code Geass, LoTR, Game of Thrones, Hetalia, House MD, Zootopia, Shingeki no Kyojin, D. Gray-man, Hellsing Ultimate, LA Noir, Percy Jackson books, South Park

2017: American Horror Story, Danganronpa, Neon Genesis Evangelion, ATLA, Homestuck, Yuri on Ice (super briefly), Outlast 2, D. Gray-man, DMMD, Hetalia, Gravitation, Monster, Dream Daddy, Junji Ito, Boku no Hero Academia, Osomatsu-san, South Park, Hannibal

2018: Voltron, Danganronpa, Devilman (Crybaby and classic), Homestuck, Berserk, Gravitation, Bungo Stray Dogs (briefly), Gintama, Hellsing Ultimate, Hetalia, BTS, Priapus (he came back), LoTR, Togainu no Chi, Sweet Pool, Detroit Become Human

2019: Tanya Grotter books, Hannibal, Homestuck, D.Gray-man, Hunter x Hunter, Danganronpa, Durarara, ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., Soul Eater, ATLA, Witcher 3, Shingeki no Kyojin

2020: Shingeki no Kyojin, briefly Uncharted 4 and BioShock Infinite

2021: Shingeki no Kyojin, ATLA, Sk8, Jujutsu Kaisen, Squid Game

2022: The Great Ace Attorney, Sadistic Beauty, Hades, Mirai Nikki (suddenly), Akira, Encanto, the Gray House (the House In Which, it’s a book),  Cowboy Beebop, Fight Club, It (2017), Stranger Things, LoTR, Uncharted, Hetalia, Frozen (more like Hans/Anna lol), Kuroshitsuji, Twisted Wonderland

2023-2024: Mostly Twisted Wonderland, but we also posted some Scott Pilgrim stuff at the very beginning of this year.

I guess this is it. Woah…

[ultimate-anime-tournament]

Ultimate Anime Tournament: Round 1, Matchup 108

[griseldagimpel]

24 Hr Flash Charity Auction: Help Griselda's Friend Make Rent & Pay Bills, Get Fic As a 'Thank You'

Hello, all! Here's how this works. Bids go in the comments section of this post. Highest bid listed in the next 24 hours wins. I will contact the winner, who will then have 24 hours to make the donation to my friend's Kofi and send me proof in a DM with personal information redacted. Then I'll write you a 5k word fic of your choosing as a 'thank you'. If you've done Fandom Trumps Hate before, same deal.

Restrictions: No rape, no underage.

Fandoms You Can Get Fic For

The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir Our Flag Means Death (TV) The Magnus Archives (Podcast) Leverage/Leverage: Redemption (US TV 2008) Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells The Magnus Protocol (Podcast) What We Do in the Shadows (TV) Hannibal (TV) The Old Guard (Movie 2020) Suicide Squad (Comics - Ostrander/Yale runs) The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV) Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series) Eternals (Movie 2021) Malevolent (Podcast) Piranesi - Susanna Clarke Checkmate (Comics 2006) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom Good Omens (TV or Book) Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Video Game) The Owl House (Cartoon) MDZS Yona of the Dawn Star Wars (Main movies and Rogue One) Delicious in Dungeon Loki (TV) Armello (Video Game) Avatar: The Last Airbender Andor (First season only) Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke Black Panther (Movies and the McGregor or Priest Comics) Inception Guardian (novels or tv) Code Geass White Collar The Silt Verses Blue Beetle (Movie or Comics - Rogers run) Arcane: League of Legends Welcome to Night Vale Thor (Movies) SPY x FAMILY (first season only) She-Ra and the Princess of Power Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) The Good Place Amphibia Venom (Movies or Comics - Costa run) This is How You Lose the Time War Pacific Rim Birds of Prey (Movie or Comics - Simone run) Foundation Series (books) The Collective Works of Diana Wynne Jones Tenet Will Do Magic for Small Change House of Leaves Samurai Deeper Kyo Kisses in the Dark (Podcast) Steven Universe Yuri on Ice Strange World (2022) Revolutionary Girl Utena The Promised Neverland Princess Tutu No. 6 The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System Cardcaptor Sakura/Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card X by Clamp

Camp Here & There

[genesic-archives]

thank you so much for your hard work archiving this game and bringing the stories to overseas fans! is there any chance you could post some cornelia content next? i was surprised to see there's nothing of her, but regardless, thank you again!!

Hello, thank you for the appreciation on the archive!! Weirdly, despite being marketed as a code geass game, the main story revolves mostly around original characters leaving most characters from the OG series (Lelouch of the Rebellion) mainly just used as gacha fodder by making limited events with them. Cornelia here only gets 2 characters cards, one of which is just a standard 3 star (the other being a limited matching slumber party card set with Euphemia around November 2022).

She does also have this cute CODE link Card (cards used to enhance character cards to make them fight more in battle).

I'll eventually post these individually with proper tags, but since you asked I might as well lay them out here (it's not that I'm trying to gatekeep or anything, I just want to make sure things are organized here since I do refer to this as an archive). Hope this helps!

[mapplesand]

Characters inspiration collage

Marco

characters : Itaru Hashida (Steins Gate), Cartman (South Park), Pete (The Eltingville Club), Kazuichi Soda (Danganronpa), Karl and Terence from my old story Us Against the World (drawn by my dear friend Cheshy in like 2019), Andre (Zero Day), JD (Heathers)

the three albums : And One - Body company, Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral, KMFDM - Symbols

Marco is a slight remix of both the character of Karl who was the aloof military guy in his high school and Terence the weird funny guy who says dick jokes

also i noticed that i forgot to put jeffery from class of 09 BUT WELL he's up there too idk i can't keep count of all the toxic incel boys

Tristan

characters : Legoshi (Beastars), Jerry (The Eltingville Club), Kristofferson (Fantastic Mr. Fox), Nagisa (Assassination Classroom), Wirt (Over the Garden Wall), Vincent from my old story Us Against the World (drawn by Cheshy again), Max (Life is Strange), Veronica (Heathers)

movie : Dead Poets Society

Tristan was slightly inspired by Vincent who had a crush on Terence and was the meek and gay guy in the story

Josh

characters : the narrator (Fight Club), Scott (Scott Pilgrim), Nathan (Life is Strange), Bruce Wayne (Batman 2022), Rock (Black Lagoon), Hajime (Danganronpa), Sayaka (Danganronpa), Alyssa (The End of the Fucking World), Light (Death Note), Suzaku (Code Geass)

Tyler

characters : James (The End of the Fucking World), Maud Pie (MLP), Mikoto Urabe (Mysterious Girlfriend X), The Batter (Off), Rei (Evangelion) Mob (Mob Psycho 100), my character Karl from Us Against the World (drawn by Cheshy), L (Death Note), Craig (South Park), Kyoko (Danganronpa), Gundham (Danganronpa), Espurr (Pokemon)

relationship collage here

[yuurei20]

Meet the Seiyuu: Chenya's Hama Kento

Chenya is voiced by Hama Kento, who says he first became interested in acting after a teacher in elementary school complimented him on how well he was able to read aloud to the class.

He was inspired to look into voice acting by Fukuyama Jun’s performance as Lelouch in Code Geass. Like Silver’s VA Shimazaki, he also cites Lilia’s VA Midorikawa as an inspiration.

Hama’s first-ever role was lead character Oliver Gaillard in Cardfight!! Vanguard: Legion Mate.

Hama has since had roles in over 40 anime, 40 drama CDs, 30 video games and nearly 40 live stage performances such as Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki in Touken Ranbu (With Riddle’s Hanae, Crewel’s Ito Kent, Lilia’s Midorikawa, Azul’s Tamaru, Leona’s Umehara and Ace’s Yamashita) Idolmaster SideM: Riyuu Atte Mini!, A3!, and Anidol Colors!.

He is also a singer, doing characters songs and other music for over 60 different projects.

Hama at Anime Japan 2022 with Crewel’s Ito Kent and Jade’s Komada Wataru

[docholligay]

Things that were nominated 2024

FOr people who won Shamash or the merely curious!

Anime/ation

legend of Vox Machina

Dear Brother

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Bubblegum Crisis

Ranma 1/2 (2024)

Megalobox

Scavengers Reign

Higurashi When They Cry / Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Revolutionary Girl Utena

Castlevania

Yataragasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (Japanese title: Seirei no Moribito)

Blue Eye Samurai

Bojack Horseman

Code Geass

Tokyo Godfathers

Sasameki Koto

Akiba Maid War / Akiba Meido Sensō

Death Note

Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared

Rose of Versailles

Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor

Monster

Paranoia Agent

The Promised Neverland

Akira

Live action:

Letterkenny

Kevin Can Fuck Himself

FROM

The Penguin

Santa Clarita Diet

Shogun (2023)

Deadloch

Severance

Godless (netflix)

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

Max Headroom

Tipping the Velvet

The Batman (2022)

Schitt's Creek

Promised Land (2022)

The Twilight Zone (Original series)

MASH (TV Show)

Life on Mars (UK)

The Americans

Masterminds (2003)

Deadwood

Great British Bakeoff (Mel and Sue Era)

Fallout

Gentleman Jack

The Green Knight

The Only Murders in the Building

Doctor Who (Modern Era)

Yellowjackets

Justified

Hacks

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Vigil

Beef

The Last of Us

Picnic At Hanging Rock

WandaVision

Misc:

Jackbox Games

Cocktail ask hour--we all make a cocktail together (or I show you how) and then we answer asks!

Couples Therapist Holligay

Noted English Scholar Doc

Holligay History Moment -- 2-10 minute videos to teach us more about something in history

Bad Lesbian Advice: Anime Characters Editon (characters give the advice for the question)

Bakeoff-style technical challenge

Show Openings

If You Don't Like What God Gave You, Store Bought is Fine (tutorials on shapewear, wig-wearing, using makeup to sculpt, etc)

Doc Reviews Grocery Store Snacks or International Snacks

Make an Effort: Doc gives advice and guides on how to dress yourself and fashion

History of the American West Day

Who Wants to Be An Intellectual Shit (THis is what Mike did with me and the anime, only it's me as the host and him having to identify what classic literature is about)

Vetting Kids' Media for Beeb (as a children's story for children, specifically my child)

Cooking stream

Music day: whether it's you telling us about music you like, or us recommending music to you.

Holligay Loves Food/Cooking Advice

Redo Day:

ER

Deadwood

The Haunting of Hill House

Santa Clarita Diet

Daria

Sasameki Koto

Twin Peaks

Magical Girl Raising Project

Leverage

Motherland: Fort Salem

Picnic At Hanging Rock

The Legend of Calamity Jane

Sailor Moon day

Write between the episodes scenes

Live Blog Bandai-era Sera Myu

PGSM liveblog

Liveblog of your top Sailor Moon scenes (any incarnation)

Liveblog of the Sailor Moon Manga

Writeup of Michiru/Haruka and Lead Crow/Aluminum Siren double date

Write a fic of Toonmakers (nee Saban) Sailor Moon

Dressing the Senshi using clothing that exists in my closet

Liveblog of the Original Anime

Writing Day:

Fuck Marry Kill and other quick popcorn prompts

Doc writes about history

Odd Ones Out (specifically, prompts for stuff you don't normally write- something besides OW or Sailor Moon, characters like Hotaru or the OW cowboy, comedy genre)

Holligay Loves Food

Prompt Day

Fuck Marry Kill and other quick popcorn prompts

Doc writes about history

Odd Ones Out (specifically, prompts for stuff you don't normally write- something besides OW or Sailor Moon, characters like Hotaru or the OW cowboy, comedy genre)

Holligay Loves Food

Prompt Day

[birdmans]

code geass (2006—2008) / house of the dragon (2022–) / black sails (2014–2017)

[ultraericthered]

COMING SOON - ANIME UPDATE V3

“V3″ in this case stands for “Version 3″. I did the V1 series of posts from late 2019 to the end of 2021, then did the V2 posts in 2022 and 2023. Time for another shake-up, once more before the last time.

Vinland Saga S2 will continue with its second half, and once I'm done with it, and once I'm done with it, the newly revived Kimi ni Todoke will be taking its place, itself to be followed by Vision of Escaflowne once I'm done with it.

Hunter x Hunter will continue to the end this year, and once I'm finally done with it, Fullmetal Alchemist will be taking its place.

SHUFFLE! will be a new anime I start up, and along with it will soon come the 13 episode AIR. Jun Maeda's prototype for CLANNAD, Kanon, would be the most likely to take its place afterwards.

Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works draws to a close, soon to be replaced by The Case Files Of Lord El Meloi II.

Konosuba will be taking over from Re:ZERO (talk about whiplash!), and once its done, its place will be taken by Black Cat.

Symphogear XV will finish off the Symphogear series, and once that's done, K-On!! will be taking its place.

Eureka Seven will continue through the year, and once I'm done with it, I'll finally look back to the Gundam franchise with Gundam Wing.

Gintama will be returning as well. with me finally getting closer towards the really good parts.

EXTRAs that I intend to also give watches to from now to perpetuity: A Certain Scientific Railgun, Akame Ga Kill, Akiba Maid Wars, Attack On Titan, Azumanga Daioh, Bakugan Battle Brawlers, Baccano, Berserk, Black Butler, Bloom Into You, Blue Exorcist, BNA: Brand New Animal, Bungo Stray Dogs, Captain Earth, Chainsaw Man, Code Geass R2, Cutey Honey, D-Gray Man, Date A Live, Demon Slayer, Digimon anime, Dragon Ball anime, Durarara, Full Metal Panic, Gabriel Drop Out, Great Pretender, Gundam & Macross anime, Gurren Lagann, Haruhi Suzumiya, Horimiya, Inuyasha, Kill La Kill, Little Busters, Little Witch Academia, Made In Abyss, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Marmalade Boy, Megaman NT Warrior, Monster, Moriarty The Patriot, My Hero Academia, My Next Life As Villaness, Nadia: The Secret Of Blue Water, Nichijou, Non Non Biyori, Odd Taxi, One Punch Man, Ouran High School Host Club, Persona The Animation, Pokemon anime, Pretty Cure, Princess Jellyfish, Puella Magi, Ranma 1/2, Rewrite, RWBY, Rurouni Kenshin, Sakugan, Shadows House, Shaman King, Shikimori's Not Just A Cutie, Slime Taoshite 300-Nen, Soul Eater, Steins;Gate, SSSS Dynazenon, Tales of the Abyss The Animation, Tenchi Muyo, Tiger & Bunny, Trigun, The Demon Girl Next Door, The Girl Who Leapt Through Space, The Pet Girl Of Sakurasou, The Rising Of The Shield Hero, The World Ends With You Animation, Yuna Yuki Is A Hero, and likely plenty of others that might come my way, old and new, rewatches included.

Yeah.

[moiloru]

🥇 My 2023 anime awards! ✨

Hello! Since we're slowly approaching the end of 2023, I wanted to give awards to the animes I've watched this year, just like I did in 2021 and 2022!

Before we start off, I want to clarify two things. Firstly, this list contains animes I've watched this year, not necessarily animes that have aired this year (though there are some of those, too). Secondly, these are my opinions, which you may disagree with. Please be sure to stay respectful. With that said, let's begin!

First anime watched this year: My Hero Academia

I began 2023 with the well-known MHA. I doubt it requires an introduction, as it is one of the most famous animes out there, but I wanted to say that, even if it has some lows (especially in S5), it remains a great anime that deserves the recognition it gets.

Last anime watched this year: Ao Haru Ride

I actually finished watching this one today. It was a pretty good ride (pun intended), though it did leave me a little disappointed. Still, it makes for a good romance/character study show, which I recommend.

Worst anime watched this year: Abunai Sisters: Koko & Mika

Do not watch this sh*t. Or, you can, to have a laugh. It is evident in my mind that this anime is the worst one in existence. Nothing in this piece of garbage is done even remotely correctly, so save yourself the trouble.

"Honorable" mentions: (A Girl & Her Guard Dog, Ex-Arm, Call of the Night)

Prettiest anime watched this year: Oshi No Ko

If there's one thing I can't take away from Oshi No Ko, it's how beautiful it looks. We were all hooked on the art and animation from the first second, which then stuck. The character design, in particular, is breathtaking.

Honorable mentions: Demon Slayer S3, Insomniacs After School, Call of the Night

Best plot in an anime watched this year: Monster

It has aged like fine wine. Monster has many qualities, but its plot is the first one that comes to mind. It is the near-perfect combo of suspense, adventure, and psychology. It perfectly fits with the art style and the characters, too! A great gem!

Honorable mentions: Hunter x Hunter, Code Geass, Black Lagoon

Best action scene in an anime watched this year: Netero vs. Meruem (Hunter x Hunter)

I did not hesitate for even a second when choosing the winner for this category. Of all the scenes that make HxH such a unique experience, this one stood out the most. It is the climax of one of the best arcs in Shonen history, executed perfectly. I have shivers just thinking about it!

Honorable mentions: All Might vs. All for One (My Hero Academia), The Final Confrontation (Attack on Titan Finale), Sukuna vs. Jogo (Jujutsu Kaisen S2)

Best romance in an anime watched this year: Fuyutsuki-san & Himuro-kun (The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague)

I'll deal with these two in more length later in this post, but I absolutely adored Fuyutsuki and Himuro's relationship. Everything about them made me a silly, blushing mess. They're straightforward characters when you think about it, but perhaps it's part of what makes them such great characters in my mind. I love them!!

Honorable mentions: Miyo & Kiyoka (My Happy Marriage), Tomo & Jun (Tomo-chan is a Girl!), Ganta & Isaki (Insomniacs After School)

Funniest anime watched this year: Great Teacher Onizuka

GTO's a classic and for all the right reasons. You cannot stop yourself from laughing at Onizuka's antics. Nonetheless, GTO remains more than a mere comedy. It's this mix of humor and seriousness that makes the funny scenes even funnier.

Honorable mentions: Buddy Daddies, Nodame Cantabile, Spy x Family S2

Saddest anime watched this year: Hunter x Hunter

Thinking that HxH is a childish show based on the first few episodes alone is a grave mistake. This adventure is a rollercoaster of emotions, and a few scenes, in particular, come to mind that will most likely make you tear up. Even if it can be painful at the moment, these events are part of what makes this show legendary!

Honorable mentions: Oshi No Ko, Attack on Titan Finale, Code Geass

Best opening in an anime watched this year: History Maker (Yuri!!! On ICE)

This anime is well-known for many things, but its opening theme is cruelly underrated! It fits the show to a T and is so catchy and fun to listen to! I've undoubtedly listened to it dozens of times during the year, and it's one of my favorites overall! Kudos to Dean Fujioka for such a masterpiece!

Honorable mentions: Venus Line (Birdie Wing: Golf Girls Story), Idol (Oshi No Ko), VORTEX (Link Click S2)

Best ending in an anime watched this year: Tokyo et Paris (Nodame Cantabile)

Such a fantastic song for such an underappreciated show! It has definitely gone off the radar due to being from a relatively unknown anime, but I loved this theme from the first time I listened to it! It's not the style of music I typically listen to, but it makes a great change of pace, and it totally fits with the ambiance of the anime!

Honorable mentions: Mephisto (Oshi No Ko), yurukuru love (Tomo-chan is a Girl!), Yofukashi no Uta (Call of the Night)

Best scene in an anime watched this year: Hunter x Hunter

I'm not gonna be able to go in-depth about this scene due to risks of spoilers, but fans of the show probably know what scene I'm referring to here. I'll just say that it punctuated a fantastic moment in the story and closed an arc in the most remarkable of ways. Truly splendid.

Honorable mentions: Oshi No Ko, Attack on Titan Finale, My Hero Academia

Worst character in an anime watched this year: Koko & Mika Abunai (Abunai Sisters)

They're pieces of cr*p, in short. I don't even want to talk about them since their whole existence is a mistake and should be avoided at all costs. See, flawed characters can have redeeming features. Not only do they have none, they're enough to worsen the whole industry.

Honorable mentions: Miyabi Aizawa (GTO), Minami Uezono (Ex-Arm), Mikio Tanuki (A Girl & Her Guard Dog)

Best character in an anime watched this year: Fuyutsuki-san (The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague)

I kinda went over why I love her so much in an earlier category, but I just want to reiterate: she makes me happy. The thought of her (but also of Himuro) is enough to make me smile. Whether it's her voice, her design, her personality, her bonds with the others... Everything about her is so excellent; I can't help but love her. She'll go unnoticed because she is from a show that's not so popular, but that doesn't make her any less fantastic.

Honorable mentions: Himuro-kun (The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague), Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass), Eren Yaeger (Attack on Titan)

Best anime watched this year: The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague

I think it was somewhat predictable, thanks to the huge amounts of praise I gave the show earlier, but this award, probably the most important, has gotta go to this anime. It also aired this year! Tuesdays were days I was looking forward to last winter for this show alone, and it definitely helped me get through tough times. You probably will hear very little about it as it's not a big production, but it had everything I watch anime for: the music, the art, the cast, the relationships, the cute moments... I even bought the manga to know the rest of the story, which I usually never do! Hopefully, we get a second season someday, though I'm slightly worried. In any case, if you're into cute workplace romances, I can't help but recommend this anime a million times. You won't regret it.

Honorable mentions: Hunter x Hunter, Perfect Blue, Insomniacs After School

Overall, 2023's been another excellent year of anime, whether for me or the community as a whole. We got a ton of fantastic shows and great sequels. I'm personally looking forward to more of the same next year, with great names either airing or coming back!

To conclude this post, here are my yearly tierlists for the opening themes, the main characters, and the shows themselves. I managed to fill them quite a bit this year, as well! Thanks a lot for reading, and I hope you all have a great New Year's Eve!

[yuichiroswife]

Get To Know Me Meme.

Favorite Color(s): I personally love the color black, always have since I was a child. I just find it very... I dunno how to explain it exactly? It's just mesmerizing to me.

Favorite Flavor(s): I love sweet flavors, but my all time favorite flavors are anything that's sour and I mean SOUR. That extremely sour candy? My favorite. I have eaten so many sour things that I have grown immune to most sour candies. I don't pucker my lips, my eyes don't do the squinty thing, nor do they water. This is probably bad since too much sour stuff destroys your mouth, but I have a bad habit of eating sour stuff to the point the roof of my mouth and tongue are all torn up.

Favorite Genres: Horror and mystery are my two most favorite genres! I also enjoy psychological-horror and some of that really old timey adult humor. I dunno, supposed "humor" nowadays just isn't funny to me, it's pretty bland.

Favorite Music: You see, I've listened to a large assortment of music from the time I was little so I don't really know if I have a favorite music type? Though I can say that I enjoy metal music from back in the era of when my parents were growing up, same with their pop music. I also enjoy more... dark styled music too.

Favorite Movie(s): This is a hard one for me because I don't really watch movies anymore, but since I'm a big ass nerd I'll just list some video game movies/anime movies (and a few actual movies I can recall) that I've enjoyed — Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022), The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), Train to Busan (2016), Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man 3 (2007), My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018), My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019), and My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021) is the last one I'll list because I don't wanna make this too long.

Favorite Series: Just like I did with the movies, I'm only gonna list a few because it'll end up getting WAY too long (I also assume this means any series, whether it's real or anime or video games): Kimetsu no Yaiba (2016 - 2020), Boku no Hero Academia (2014 - Ongoing), Code Geass (2006 - along with any new additions), Sailor Moon (1991 - along with any new additions), Attack on Titan (2013 - 2023), Shugo Chara (2007 - 2010), Resident Evil (1996 - Ongoing), Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 - Ongoing), Kirby (1992 - Ongoing), Stranger Things (2016 - Ongoing), and Fire Emblem (1990 - Ongoing).

Last Song: Take Me Back To Eden - Sleep Token

Last Series: Jujutsu Kaisen because my sister is forcing me to watch it with her. Help me.

Last Movie: Resident Evil: Death Island

Currently Reading: I am currently reading the Boku no Hero Academia manga (and awaiting new updates) while also being forcefully read/show the Jujutsu Kaisen manga by my little sister.

Currently Watching: My answer for this is the same as my answer for the question about the last series I've watched, Jujutsu Kaisen, because my sister is dead set on making me get into the series with her.

Currently Working On: Nothing really at the moment because I'm still in one of my phases where I can't seem to get anything done without feeling like I'm dying on the inside, hence I've just kinda been gaming to try and lift up my writing mood.

Tagged by: @neglectedbond Tagging: I don't really have many people to tag anymore or know who to tag exactly so just go ahead and steal this from me if you wanna fill this out, make sure to tag me as well so I can see it!

[someawesomeamvs]

Warning: Potential spoilers, flashing lights

Title: The Anime Journey

Editor: SonsofKorhal9

Song: Try Everything

Artist: Shakira

Anime: Erased, Re: Creators, To Your Eternity, Clannad: After Story, Your Lie in April, Haruhi series, Angel Beats, Wandering Witch: Journey of Elaina, Made in Abyss, Ranking of Kings, My Senpai is Annoying, Wotakoi, Golden Time, Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?, The World God Only Knows, Mushoku Tensei, No Game No Life, Akudama Drive, Spirited Away (film), Your Name (film), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (film), Belle (film), Wolf Children (film), The Boy and The Beast (film), "Josee, the Tiger and the Fish" (film), Spy x Family, One Piece, Code Geass, Haikyuu, Run with the Wind, Yuri on Ice, Fate Grand Order, Himouto! Umaru-Chan, Fate Carnival Phantasm, Azur Lane, Pokemon, Persona 5: The Animation, Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, Sword Art Online, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure series, Kill la Kill, Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood (anime), Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Netflix live action), Death Note (anime), Death Note (Netflix live action), K-on!, A Place Further Than The Universe, Hanayamata, Durarara, Konosuba, Hayate the Combat Butler, Gintama, Nichijou, Oreimo, Cowboy Bebop

Category: For fun

Awards: Anime Expo 2023 - Fun & Play Runner-Up Nebraskon 2022 - Best in Show

[haloswrld]

ANIME LIST

1. Beyond the boundary 7/10

2. Snow White with a red hair. 9/10

3. Detective Conan(5 seasons)+ (23 movies) 10/10

4. Norigami (2 seasons) 8/10

5. Maid sama 7/10

6. Powerpuff Girls Z 10/10

7. A silent voice 10/10

8. Your name 10/10

9. The girl who leapt through time. 9/10

10. Ponyo 8/10

11. Eden of the east (2 seasons) + movie 7/10 (2009)

12. Children who chase lost voices 9/10

13. Kiki’s delivery service 8.9/10

14. Wolf children 9.5/10

15. Kaito kid 8/10

16. My little monster 7.5/10

17. Castle in the sky 10/10 (1986)

18. NORN9 6/10

19. Wolf girl and Black prince 5/10

20. Say I love you 7/10

21. A day before us 7/10

22. Rent a girlfriend 5/10 (2020)

23.My Teen Romantic Comedy (3 seasons) 8/10

24. Fruits basket (3 seasons) 9.9/10

25.I’ve always loved you 8/10

26. Attack on titan (4 seasons)+ OVA 10/10

27. Horimiya 9/10 (2021)

28. Your lie in April 9/10

29. Jujutsu Kaisen 9/10

30. Weathering with you 8/10

31. The promised Neverland (2 seasons) 7.9/10

32. A whisker away 7/10

33. . Sk8te the infinity 9/10

34. Erased 9/10

35. Great Pretender (2 seasons) 9/10

36. Super Crook 8/10

37. Given 7/10

38. Devils line 7/10

39. Death note (2 seasons) 9/10

40. My Hero Academia (6 seasons) 3 movies, 2 OVAs 9/10 (2016)

41. The disastrous life of Saiki K( 1 S only) 9/10 (2016)

42. The millionaire detective 8.5/10 4

43. Terror in resonance 9.5/10

45. Invaded 7/10 50. Hyouka 8/10

46. Ride your wave 8/10

47. Masamune-kun’s Revenge 6/10

48. Garden of words 7/10

49. Flavors of youth 7/10

50. Psychopass (2 seasons + movie + SSS) 1000/10 (2012)

51. Haikyuu (4 seasons) 9/10 (2014)

52. Parasyte 8/10

53. Gangsta (N/F)

54. Hunter X Hunter 10/10 (2011)

55. One punch man (2 seasons) 9/10 (2015)

56. Mortiary the Patriot (2 seasons) 10/10 (2020)

57. Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop 8/10 (2021)

58. The Princess and the Pilot 6/10

59. Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood 7/10

60. Bungo Stray dogs (3 seasons), OVA and movie 9/10

61. B: The beginning (2 seasons) 8/10

62. Mob psycho 100 (2 season) 8/10 (2019)

63. Tokyo Ghouls (2 seasons) 7/10 (2014)

64. Belle 6/10 (2021)

65. Steins Gate 10/10 (2011)

66. Ajin (2 seasons) + OVA 9.5/10

67. Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress 8/10

68. Hinamatsuri (N/A) ../..

69. Blue Exorcist (2 season), Movies 8/10 (2011)

70. Demon slayer (3 seasons) and Movie 9/10 (2019)

71. Cowboy Bebop (N/A) ../..

72. Monster 11/10 (2004)

73. Love is War (1 season) 9/10 (2019)

74. Spy X Family 8/10 (2022)

75. Code Geass (1 season) 8/10

76. Chainsaw (N/F) (2022)

77. Blue lock (N/F) (2022)

78. 86 (1 season) 7.5/10

79. Ranking of the Kings (N/F)

80. I want to eat your pancreas 8/10

81. Tiger and José 8/10

82. Maquia 10/10 (2018)

83. Pluto 10/10 (2023)

84. The boy and the heron 9/10

85. Look back (2024)