Every week, I visit 240 anime sites looking for posts that celebrate amazing moments in anime or otherwise blow me away with their wit and charm. These are my five favorite posts for the week. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did!
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Anime Rants
Re: Zero Episode 58 (Season 3 Episode 8) – Planning the Counterattack
Why did I choose to celebrate 7mononoke’s review of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3 on the site Anime Rants? I could be flippant and say it’s because 7mononoke speaks well of Crusch, and she’s one of my favorite characters. It’d be flippant — and it’d be true! However, that’s not the most important reason. The most important reason is I love reading 7mononoke’s perspective on all the characters. In this case, that’s particularly true of 7mononoke’s take on Wilhelm’s actions in this episode. Go see what you think!
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DoubleSama
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Review
How much did I enjoy Uma Musume: Pretty Derby? enjoyed it so much that it inspired a significant part of the novel I wrote called Evolution’s Hand Book 5: Split Infinities. Yes, that’s a bit of shameless self-promotion. Thanks for patiently sitting through it! That said, the first season of Uma Musume ended back in 2018, so I don’t see much written about it anymore. That is, until this week, when I came across DoubleSama’s review on the site DoubleSama. The review pointed out a lot about what I liked in the show — even going to far as to naming my three favorite characters! I liked that review so much that I even embraced DoubleSama’s criticisms (because, let’s face it, nothing’s perfect!). See if DoubleSama talked about what you enjoyed in the show!
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Filthy Casual for Life
Anime: The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan, Ep. 4
I’ve been reading ChibiChonk’s reviews (on the site Filthy Casual for Life) of The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan with great interest. In addition to me just having fun reading the reviews, it’s because I can’t figure out how I feel about the show. See, the main character, Noel Stollen, can be a real SOB. His sidekick, Alma, can be a murderous monster. And yet, I can’t stop watching it! In ChibiChonk’s reviews, like this one of episode 4, I’m seeing a perspective that helps me understand what’s so darned compelling about the show. What do you think about the show? Does this review help you sort it out?
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Shallow Dives in Anime
Record of Lodoss War: Once Upon a Time in a Fantasy
Someday, if I ever retire, I might have time to catch up on some of the classics. That sounds easy, doesn’t it? Find enough time, sit down, watch the show, and enjoy! What could be easier? Well, every time I’ve tried (in the rare moments where I get time), I’ve run into a problem. And guess what? It’s exactly the problem that Dewbond addresses in his review of Record of Lodoss War on the site Shallow Dives in Anime. What exactly is that problem? I’ll let you read the review to find out, but I’ll say this: when I finally do get to sit down and watch the series, Dewbond’s review will save me a ton of time by helping me get into the right mindset first!
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Thorough Watch
An association between some Re:Zero characters’ names and flowers and a prediction for far into the future
Given the show’s popularity and its amazingly complex plot, it’s no surprise that more than one anime blogger talked about Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3 this week. Those reviews each represented unique perspectives, but what set Anicritic’s post apart on Thorough Watch was its depth and attention to detail. In this post, Anicritic analyzes the names of key characters and, based on certain criteria, tries to discern what that might mean for the plot. What I found striking wasn’t only the depth, it was the breadth of this post! It takes a lot of mental horsepower to keep those points in mind while, at the same time, interrelating them. See what you make of anicritic’s analysis!
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Thank you so much for the shout-out! I appreciate you!
You’re welcome!
I’m really enjoying your coverage of The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan!
TCrow, I happened to remember that I forgot someone about Wilhelm in Season 1, and I edited it into my blog post. The long and short of it is that I believe Wilhelm was a terrible husband to Theresia, which Season 3 kind of backs up.
I’m also really convinced that Liliana’s new song, “Crazy Obsessed With Everything About You” is about what Priscilla feels for Subaru.
something* not someone
I think you’re right — I remember Wilhelm himself hinting at that.
I also edited my post to include more thoughts on Liliana’s new song. I reasoned that all of the songs she sang previously had a clear purpose, so I believe “Crazy Obsessed With Everything About You” had to have been sung with purpose as well, and that’s why I believe it’s about Priscilla’s feelings for Subaru.
Eh. As someone who watched Lodoss (at least two series) in the late nineties/early 2000s, I’ll have to say it’s not been a simpler time. Lodoss clearly isn’t Mushukou Tensei; that much is correct. It’s pretty much Goblin Slayer, though (except for mood; it’s going full throttle for pathos with no apologies, while Goblin Slayer is deliberately more dorky). It really is DnD the anime. You can practically hear the dice rolling…
It felt every bit as shallow back in the day, is what I mean to say. And that’s not a criticism: it’s very much part of the concept. It’s never been part of my favourites even back then (shouldn’t come as a surprise to those that remember that I have little love for good/evil plots). Better shows I’ve seen around the time? X TV, Noir, Silent Möbius… Not to mention many better shows of the era I saw much later: Lain, Key the Metal Idol…
Lodoss was quite the franchise back then. As I said, I saw two anime, and when I saw the second anime I didn’t realise right away that I was watching a later sequel and was confused about my memories. I’m fairly sure I’ve seen a Japanese import 16bit game in a comic shop around the time, too. If you knew anime you knew Lodoss, even if you haven’t seen it.
There are times I’m in the mood for “DnD — The Animation.” Not all the time, certainly. Jobless Reincarnation’s story and world building craftsmanship are the kind of thing I generally prefer. But sometimes, the no-thoughts-needed good-vs-evil is a relaxing way to burn some time.
And you’ve reminded me I still need to make time for Lain…
Much like Dragonlance, Lodoss started as a novelisation of a DnD campaign, so… yeah. It literally *is* DnD the anime.
Thanks for the shout-out, TCrow.
Here’s my write-up for Season 3 Episode 8 of Re:Zero:
https://thoroughwatch.org/?p=56
You’re welcome!
I agree- Uma Musume is waaay better than expected. And all the horse names are really Japanese race horses.
So much nostalgia floating around for Lodoss War- though back in the day a 27-episode series was almost impossible for a US fan to watch. Usually only 2 fansub episodes on a tape. It was unlikely that a video rental store would buy 14 tapes of the same show, if it was available commercially. That was a lot of money and they’d buy movies instead.
A university fansub club would probably only show 2 episodes per month, along with other series and movies, so Lodoss would be too long to show in a school year. I suspect widespread watching of the whole series didn’t start until downloading really took off.
To date I haven’t watched the whole series either. And this is from someone who’s watched all of the Rumiko Takahashi series, almost all of the CLAMP anime, and all of Precure.
The big thing was “Wow- they actually made an epic fantasy series with an ongoing plot instead of interchangeable episodes, and it isn’t terrible!!!” Which was groundbreaking at the time.
That’s a good reminder of how good we have it now. There’re dangers of so few companies controlling so much of the distribution, but at least for now, we have tons of choice!
Wikipedia has some pages with all the anime listed in a given year. Here’s 1990, when Lodoss released in Japan. There are some classics on here, but there are only 28 shows/movies/ovas in total, and there are children’s shows on the list, which we pretty much ignore.
The list for 2024 is 286 shows/movies long!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_in_anime