not a fan of shitting on things, but i'm truly baffled by how frieren was received in the west. i can kinda understand fmab being #1 on every single anime website because nostalgia and because when it came out it definitely raised the bar of tv anime adaptations, so whatever (spoiler: it's also mid). but then frieren cames out and ok, it got a very big marketing "boost" because of the 4 episode dump, same as other anime like oshi no ko for example, so it shot up to #1 on mal as literally every single fotm does. but then it finished airing, almost a year has passed, and it's STILL top 1 EVERYWHERE in the western animesphere, not only on mal. so this can't be an external intervention by bots, no way they are that thorough. my point is, there's clearly a lot of people who unironically think frieren is a masterpiece, and i literally can't grasp how that's possible. even if you consider a big influx of gen alpha or whatever starting anime with frieren because of whatever shill campaign (in that case it would be their first anime so it would make sense consider it "the best" out of 1 watched), but numbers don't add up. i can also understand older shounenbros eating it up because well, it a decent shounen, but even pseuds on anidb liked it (it's above LOGH now, what a fucking joke), and i LITERALLY have no idea how that happened... the only websites that rated it "properly" (or at least understandably) are the japanese anikore and chinese bangumi, where it's around 8.5 on both. and while that's also debatable, it's definitely less offensive that calling it the best anime of all time. also for reference: i watched fmab, frieren and logh

>FOGH I wanted to watch it for a while but 110 episodes are beyond my current capacity. I really don't handle long series well.

>>1236 it's actually officially split into 4 seasons of 24-28 episodes, mal just lists them all together for whatever reason

>>1237 It's still 110 episodes though. I don't feel ready for such campaign. And I was never a big fan of shounens so I don't have much experience watching 1000000 episodes long titles.

>>1238 frieren might be more down your alley then

The original one was great vibes and quit eerie and mysterious. When they brought it back reboot an adaptation it lacked that great atmosphere and art style unfortunately even though it has more of actually properly telling the story.

>>417 No, they mean pics that encapsulate the nostalgic parts of 2000s otaku culture and are "aesthetic" Unfortunately, although it sounds bad

what the hell is webcore? i don't get it.

oh you were all born in like 09 or something

>>1225 in simple terms, "webcore" is the aesthetic of 2000's and arguably early 2010's internet. it's nostalgia for late millenials and early zoomers. >>1226 no. i was born in 2001 and feel nostalgic for webcore.

Pancreas was bad enough.

i see. so it's basically like Gushing Over Magical Girls but wholesome instead of lewd. 面白い、ひかりんちゃま。見続けます。

>>1207 thats the most wonderful thing. thank you friend for giving this show a chance. kuroma is my favorite too. his actor poured his soul into him. >>1204 m-maybe... >>1203 the fact alone that some hikarins are aware of the show makes me happy

>>1207 oh that sounds pretty interesting :D

>>1207 >I see. so it's basically like Gushing Over Magical Girls but without any of the original appeal

>>1216 acro trip was created before gushing. and its just a comedy for all ages

Chiruno! She's the strongest!

i love marisa so much

Marisa is such a cutie!

Let's all love Marisa.

>>737 one of my old favorites.. I love pino. \ >>739 there was pretty constant action. maybe you would like psychopass. completely different anime. but more action and faster pace, story isn't a mess. I forget what ergo was going for and what the creator said about it. I think it was an eva situation where there wasn't really a point to any of it and the symbolism was just cool. at the same time I'm not sure about that because ergo's symbolism I remember making sense to me when you look up all the names of the deities being referenced. I'd put it somewhere between a 7-8/10. I also recall that the ending got botched or somewhere in between was. I could be remembering a different anime from back then though.

I remember it being praised a lot a decade ago by my old otaku friends, but when I tried to watch it, I struggled to finish the first episode out of sheer boredom and never looked back. By no means do I find dialogue heavy anime to be boring (big fan of the monogatari series), but this one was worse than frieren.

Yes I have. It wasn't bad, but I didn't understand half of it and the ending wasn't very consistent with what happened before and failed to create enough tension to be satisfactory. It's a very atmospheric show, though, there are very few that could match it, so it is understandable it gets recommended.

>>1149 Follow up to this post, all my memories about Ergo Proxy are positive. There were some very queer (in the good sense) moments to it that I liked very much. It is really very unique.

>>742 >I think it was an eva situation where there wasn't really a point to any of it and the symbolism was just cool I remember reading an explanation after I finished watching it and it had a solid story with everything making sense and actually being straightforward if told chronologically. It was just told in a very complicated manner, explaining things in a roundabout way or not at all. Do you remember that episode (or was it 2 episodes?) somewhere in the middle of the series that felt like filler and seemed like it had no connection to the original timeline or even the whole plot itself, a game show or something like that. Yeah, there they explained some of the most crucial parts of the story. That's just an example. This is different from something like eva, where firstly the story itself is complicated, the characters' emotions have heavy impact on the plot, almost nothing is explicitly stated and only like 80% of the actual story is present in the anime. The rest you could only speculate, or some of it was revealed through other means (nge2, interviews). Ergo proxy just told a relatively straightforward story in a complicated manner, adding psychological elements and symbolism along the way. Not saying that's bad.

>>1194 Would either of them pick you?

>>1199 Perhaps not, but that's why everyday we should strive to be better than the last.

>>1189 Post about it politely on smuglo.li /a/'s writing thread, some really good writefags there I will sit this one out personally tbqdesu

Wow 4channers are at it again. I won't be surprised if it ends up being some political sjw whatever this time. It ain't 2007 anymore

That anon demoralized them , I guess it is destined to fail because 2hu is 2 mainstream for anybody autistic to care enough to bear the responsibility

>>1177 >hikari3 is the only board i actively post on >the way you speak Dont worry I got the kind of person you are, this is the last reply you are getting, beg for more like a dog.

from this person in the physical world at least.

>>1178 thank god finally. goodbye now.

anyway, frieren and fern eating burger

fern got MAD but that's a good thing because now I can see her POUT also really liked last chapter of the manga