IMO fait peau neuve pour la nouvelle année, apportant son lot de nouveautés et de bonnes résolutions : on a besoin de retrouver un rapport à l'écriture simple pour s'amuser, avec un minimum de contraintes que ce soit pour nos membres ou pour nous, admins. ♡
Plus de MEDs, des conditions de multicomptes simples, et un rythme de MAJs allégé - à vous de gérer votre activité, tout ce qu'on vous demande c'est à minima une connexion par compte / mois.
This manga from J-Novel Club has surprised me SO much!
I wasn't super hooked when I first read volume one, but then I came back to read it again and its become one of my favorite shoujo isekai ever since! 🤩
Highly recommend because it so much fun to read! Lots of laughter!
YouTube Video Review: https://youtu.be/MtPlGCMuGL0
It really sucks that only the first novel for Record of Lodoss War is available in English, but as someone who wants to read as many novels as possible that have been influential for anime… I will read it
Anime Japan Day Two: Heavy Hitters Make Their Appearance
With day two of Anime Japan complete, it's pretty safe to say that we saw some impressive trailers for some of the big names of the anime world. Alongside them though, quite a few younger and less-popular studios showed up big time with incredibly surprising PVs.
An interesting mix across the board, there's plenty of anime trailers and announcements from the last 24 hours, and I talk about all the good ones in detail at Animehouse.
I may have had a thought regarding Tearmoon Empire.
Isn't just the combination of two different isekai spinoffs?
First, isekai evolved into reincarnation or reincarsekai genre a la Misfit of Demon King Academy where great warriors or kings or whatever from long ago was reincarnated like 2000 years in the future after an unprecedented age of peace where now even in his nerfed state, he's still well stronger than everyone else.
Then, we got the otome isekais where girls would be reincarnated into their dating sims, usually as or with a close association with the villainess, like HameFura or I Favor the Villainess.
Isn't this just. The Villainess of an otome game got reincarnated into her own world?
Stakes are high and the action is intense in offerings on this week’s Reader’s Corner, which include the latest volume of Issak, Solo Leveling, and Kaiju No. 8, as well as the omnibus manga adaptation of the Madoka Rebellion movies. But if those are too suspenseful for your liking, we’ve got calmer fare, too, like Play it Cool, Guys, Even Dogs Go to Other Worlds, No Longer Heroine, and Like a Butterfly. Read our reviews and see what releases might be just right for you!
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Even Dogs Go to Other Worlds: Life in Another World with My Beloved Hound (Vol. 2) • Issak (Vol. 5) • Kaiju No. 8 (Vol. 9) • Like a Butterfly (Vol. 4) • No Longer Heroine (Vol. 5) • Play It Cool, Guys (Vol. 5) • Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie -Rebellion-: The Complete Omnibus Edition • Solo Leveling (Vol. 8)
Bonjour Kim ! J'espère que tu vas bien :) Je m'appelle Melody, je suis l'une des co-fondatrices de Isekai Monogatari et je travaille depuis quelques semaines sur une refonte totale du code du forum. Je voulais savoir si il était possible pour nous de reprendre ton idée du toggle "Mode Lecture" que tu avais dev sur le forum Tales of Warlords. Ça nous a tapé dans l'oeil depuis un petit moment et on voulait avoir ton aval avant de le faire ! Bien évidemment tu sera créditée comme il se doit ! (1/2)
Hey Melody !
Bien sûr reprenez l'idée, avec plaisir ! Je me demande même si c'était pas une idée que j'avais originellement piqué à @mouettecodes 🤔 (mon inspiration de toujours dès qu'il s'agit d'UX/UI accessibles).
C'est cool que quelqu'un se souvienne de ce petit détail, j'en étais assez contente à l'époque mais j'avais peur que ça soit passé un peu inaperçu haha
Si vous avez besoin d'aide sur comment l'implémenter ou que-sais-je, hésite pas à me faire signe en PV.
Merci pour ton petit mot, il m'a fait énormément plaisir 🙏 J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites également 😍
- michiko to hatchin (what if a girl broke out of prison took in her ex boyfriend’s daughter from her abusive family & they went on high jinks all over a pretty transparent fictional analogue of brazil. a classic)
- sailor moon (manga and 90’s anime. sorry crystal, im vain!)
- sarazanmai (same director as rgu, i read the manga first & watched it as it aired.. i died 10 deaths)
- natsume yuujinchou & gojinko monogatari (if u wanna believe in the goodness of the world for .2 seconds)
- acca 13
- the woman known as fujiko mine
- lotgh (if u watch it more as .. a sort of story on how myths r made especially w tanaka’s other works in mind then it becomes a classic..or is this me rationalizing mid? the eternal question..)
- 0079-cca, gundam 00, 0080&83, gundam wing, turn A (these are several diff animes. ik. but i digress.. these are baby’s fav gundams) (chris was the first female gundam protag stop snubbing her..!) (maybe mercury if i can make time to watch? idk)
- aura battler dunbine.. classic isekai b4 the genre was Compromised™️💯
Considering that I didn't watch anime for at least 30% of the year, there is a significant amount of anime that I missed. As such, ONAs were counted as series (because they practically are). Certain sequels were also counted because I said so. It's my list, and I can do what I want! I will be putting some honourable mentions (but only the ones I plan on watching... eventually).
Honourable Mentions (PTW):
Sasaki to Miyano
Heike Monogatari
Summertime Render
Paripi Koumei
Lycoris Recoil
Kumichou Musume to Sewagakari
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
TOP 11:
There wasn't enough to make an "honourable mention" list for the ones I had completed. For one, some of the shows that I completed were not good. Vampire in the Garden was incredibly rushed with an ending that made less and less sense the more I thought about it (but A for effort as it felt like watching Vanitas but with more likable girlbosses). AkuLas (not gonna bother typing out the full name) just wasn't good, so I'm not even going to give it any more time besides saying it wasted mine, the pacing was wack, and the voice acting tried to carry a story that wasn't there.
This ranking was very hard to make. It was incredibly difficult for me to weigh if I should put things higher based on my enjoyment or something else being objectively and critically better. Because of that, a lot of this ordering isn't set in stone, especially for the top places.
11. Koi wa Sekai Seifuku no Ato de
The first three slots are incredibly heavy on fanservice. Despite my aversion towards it (and the fact that it was distracting), I found myself still enjoying this show. It's very lighthearted, cute, and does exactly what it sets out to do and nothing more than that. Also, some things in this are better to just not think about. What the heck are those talking animals? Just don't think about it. It's all good.
10. Isekai Ojisan
Maybe it's because I caught up on this recently, but as it stands right now (with many of the episodes locked up by Netflix for whatever reason), this is going to take the #10 spot. This show was refreshing, funny, but a little bit too heavy on the fanservice (seriously, it turned into a h*ntai at some points). Regardless, I still found it very funny at the very least. It subverts many of the tired isekai tropes to make a very unique parody.
9. Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru
I personally don't like fanservice, but this show was still cute as heck. I really like both of the main characters even if Marin is a bit (very) pushy (accidentally). I'm not as attached to the other characters, but that doesn't really matter because I like the main two a lot. Of course, the art is good. I personally didn't like the OP or ED that much even if they were incredibly catchy. Overall, a solid romance that I would rewatch like chicken noodle soup for the soul, and I'm very much looking forward to the sequel.
8. Chainsaw Man
This was a good show, but I found the cast of characters to be the weakest part of the show. It's not that I hate nor dislike them. I just didn't grow attached to them. As refreshing as it is to have a protagonist who's very clear in his intentions and goals not being about the good of society and/or friendship, I was not entirely sold on liking him as the character. On the other hand, everything else about this anime and the production value was absolutely amazing. The voice acting? Perfect (I do like that casting). The animation? Spectacular. The music? Immaculate. This could easily critically knock out further entries on this list.
7. Kotaro Lives Alone
This is the anime that probably caught me the most off-guard. This anime's character design looks awful. I was going to skip it based off that, but after watching it, I can say that I came away shaken (in a good way). The way this show portrays child abuse, emotional abuse, domestic abuse, and other heavy topics is absolutely masterful. It left me kinda emotional. I think they made Kotaro the perfect balance of mature and childish at the same time (because watching a realistic child in his circumstances would be unwatchable).
6. Bocchi the Rock!
"She's just like me fr fr!" This show got the inner dialogue of my brain, and as someone who dropped out in high school and never got that "seishun youthful blue spring" time, I felt a lot of the sentiment that Bocchi feels. I even tried joining a band (but jazz). This show is incredibly funny and uses visual humour skillfully. The voice acting is some of the best I've seen from relatively newer voice actors. That scream lives in my mind rent-free. This is basically K-On mixed with my existential dread and sense of humour. Fantastic.
5. Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku-hen
Bro, this felt better to watch than it was reading the manga, and that's saying something! The manga was still good, but this really solidified Demon Slayer as an absolute powerhouse! I know people are saying that it lacks the depth of Chainsaw Man or Jujutsu Kaisen, but I don't think things need to be complex to be good. Maybe I just want to see someone slashing some demons.
4. Spy x Family
This is peak Shonen Jump slice-of-life. Honestly, the only episodes and arcs that were a bit of a bore were still necessary and just lacked Anya. Besides that, this show was magnificent (running out of good synonyms). Anya is one of my favourite characters of the year. She's stupid but extremely caring even if she's a bit off the walls.
3. Romantic Killer
Anyone with Netflix or a pulse should go watch this show. I wrote a whole thing about it.
2. Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Ultra Romantic
I'm not sure what I can say about this show that hasn't been said already. It's a masterclass in romantic comedies, and it doesn't need fanservice (ignore the OVA) to succeed at making a ton of witty parody and comedy that transcends language in itself with an endearing romance that you can't help but root for. The openings are also iconic. Masayuki Suzuki is the king of love songs.
1. Mob Psycho 100 III
Just like Kotaro Lives Alone, this anime has a uniquely simplistic art style, but don't let that fool you, both of these anime are incredibly good at storytelling. Studio Bones cares about this series a lot, and you can see it through this anime. This is one of the best coming-of-age stories I've seen, and this season was a perfect finale to a story that we've been watching since the beginning. Everything about and from this anime range from great to exceptional.