A good season with many worth watching, but not a standout great one. Probably Metallic Rouge is my favorite because it reminds me of old 90s best anime era. Konosuba Season 3 in April will be ANIME OF THE YEAR.
The deaf anime having more focus on the lips because of lip-reading etc. is such a brilliant stylistic choice to reflect character pov, that i think that decision alone might make me watch it.
I'm just gonna say it. Delicious in Dungeon is going to be fantastic. I've read the entire manga. It's amazing. Please, please, please don't sleep on this anime. It's more than just about cooking gourmet monster meals inside of a dungeon.
Ive only read the first volume (bc i like having the physical copies and the series is a bit more expensive than others) but i absolutely adore it so far. The whole Living Armor episode had me so hyped, it really feels like solving a hard encounter in a TTRPG
@@darkpixel1128It's about food in the sense that's about everything related to food. Which essential means it's about the ecology of a weird megadungeon below the Earth that somehow has evolved in its own way.
Yes you can be right on that still can be enjoyable but then again anime is a risky gamble and not all titles can hit the mark even if it looks like it.
I am totally here for Bang Bravern seemingly setting up a love triangle between two men and an alien mecha as earth is being invaded by other alien machines. We already have Bravern gushing over Isami, blushing when Lewis wanted to *ride him* and then uh the *ED* . I can tell it’s gonna be a lot of fun the whole way through.
Thank you for giving “A Sign of Affection” the love it deserves!! As a junior VA in Japan who participated in this show (episodes 1 and 2), this really warmed my heart🥹 Thanks Geoff!
@@groofay I feel like that comment section is going to a catalyst for the show’s popularity. It’s pretty insane as It literally came out of nowhere and now I’ve seen the first episode
the key factor in me deciding to give Bravern a chance is the fact that his theme song is in universe canon playing while he battles 😂 you cant get any better than that
The contrast between Dungeon Meshi and Made In Abyss is quite funny if you've read the manga and know that the two are actually much more similar than at first glance
I hadn't even heard of it and just have episode one a chance on a whim, the premise seemed like harem material which, as a gay man, is the opposite of my interests. Two minutes later and I'm like "oh, this is a gay thing, this is EXACTLY my interests!" I'm loving it.
can i just say. i've heard people talk about Cherry Magic a lot but until this moment i've never heard anyone mention the full title, I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT AT ALL-
YAY DUNGEON MESHI MENTION! Ryoko Kui is a master of her craft, in my opinion. To all those new to Delicious in Dungeon, please give it a chance. It truly grows into a wonderfully made story, that builds on its world and characters in a satisfying way.
@@GrandiaKnight I really recommend you do! In the later chapters you can really see Ryoko Kui's art style evolve and grow. And even if the whole series is covered in the anime, her artwork is downright breathtaking at times. There's a lot of additional mini comics in each volume that develop the monsters/world more. Not to mention her 'Daydream Hour' drawings where you can see a lot of her own concept art and supplementary drawings for the series; those drawings really show how much she thinks on her characters and world outside of what you see implemented into the main manga.
Seconding this recommendation: it starts as a meal-a-chapter almost gag story about D&D characters and develops into one of the best fantasy stories I've read in the last decade. Kui's worldbuilding and attention to detail is phenomenal.
as a Golden Kamuy fan, I already knew I was gonna like another adventure/cooking story with a wide and varied cast of weirdos who get into shenanigans together. I had been meaning to check out the manga, and I still want to... it's just by happenstance that the anime got here first.
Normally I would consider playing with the space-time continuum to be highly unethical, but I 110% agree that Bravern shouldn't be slept on and you're doing a service to humanity by upending your video and time itself to spread the good word.
It is definitely a bit slower paced though, compared to, say, the "Earth animals are cute" anime we just had. Which kind of fits the lazy day off theme.
I tried it with my SO and to be honest it WAS sort of meh? Like we both LOVED the idea of an EVIL boss having free time, but the panda jokes got boring extremely quickly and the constant repeating of "I'm on vacation" line got on our nerves
Hot take that I kind of hate myself for: *The manga is better* The manga is absolutely Delightful and I've read it for years. But watching the first episode cramming in like 5 chapters just to fill out the time made it feel repetitive and I was kind of over it halfway through. I think this is a show that (while I love that it got animated!) would have benefitted from being 5-10 minute episodes like a Chis Sweet Home type of thing instead, letting the viewer decide if we want to watch a full 20 minutes or not.
@@elisabethn2893tbf could be a best of both worlds thing. Maybe it’s deliberately slower for the anime coz for me I like it as a weekly chill anime so the slowness I dont mind. Tho I can imagine the manga is funnier and has more punch. I should read it one time
Dungeon Meshi and Made in Abyss are weirdly similar in that they are both cooking-focused travelogues through menacing Freudian fantasy worlds adapted from niche but surprisingly popular and beautifully illustrated seinen manga written by people who've probably played a lot of Wizardry. The fact that they are tonally polar opposites just proves that this hyper-specific genre nobody previously knew existed has legs. :P
They aren't even that different in tone, Made in Abyss has plenty of funny/light hearted moments, while Dungeon Meshi gets a bit darker and heavier in its second half.
1) I am so pumped for Dunmeshi getting an anime adaptation. It's already doing it justice so far. We eating good. 2) I can only assume at this point that you must have *something* about Apothecary Diaries in the pipeline, since it got functionally left off the Fall Ones to Watch (I know it was for practical reasons due to the way it aired) and it's still running. So I expected it to at least get a nod along similar lines to Freiren. And if you're not planning anything... it'd be cool if you maybe consider giving it a shot and/or some coverage, if you've got the time? I don't know the last time a show mugged me for my loose attention this hard.
I’m all for Netflix jumping on this Anime train, because lately they have been releasing some bangers. Blue eye Samurai, ooku, and Komi were really good if you haven’t checked it out.
Honestly The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic is one of my favorites this season. You will both laugh and get hyped as you watch not-Izumi Curtis use protag-kun’s ability to use healing magic to somehow turn him into a berserker-packing Doom Guy.
i assume gushing over magical girls was tossed in the, "too dangerous to mention on UA-cam without being peak fiction" bin. As the animators somehow made an even hornier version of the manga, that definitely crosses the H-line multiple times in order to ensure that everyone has to watch fluffy paradise afterwords to cleanse their souls.
I knew from the moment I saw it thatahoako would be topping the trash heap this season. Fortunately, unlike some of the junk food MB normally serves up, mahoako actually has sfw footage to run while he talks.
I’m so happy you gave some love to the dub cast of Delicious in Dungeon! That’s how I’ve been watching it and I love Emily Rudd & ProZD’s performance. Also shout out to Damien Haas as Laios he’s been crushing it.
Thank you, I was sad to see that he skipped at least mentioning Damien's performance since he is embodying so well the wacky weirdo real vibe of Laios.
The thing I really appreciate so far about Lvl 99 Villainess is that, unlike most Otomisekai I've seen, the "villainess" isn't super sweet and then taking over the game's original harem for herself. It looks like she'll actually bond most closely with other people who weren't major figures in the game. Just feels refreshing. Also, the weakest part of Dungeon Meshi for me is that it's localized title is "Delicious in Dungeon". Nani the f**k is that? The direct translation of the title is Dungeon Food. They chant it like 3 times in the end of the first episode.
@@Gloomdrake I fully disagree, at the least in comparison to all the many options they had available. It's not an actual translation of the title. It has the hanging adjective. It has twice as many syllables as "Dungeon Food/Meals" which actually are translations. If not a translated title, they could have gone with "Luncheons and Dragons" or "Dungeons and Delicacies", "Dungeons and Dining" for making the reference (and they do some of these in several other languages) I would even take "Delicacies in Dungeon" cause at least it's two nouns.
The dungeon food anime is fun to watch. Can't wait for it to get to the twist. One piece especially egg head looking amazing. Also they fixed female designs by giving them cake Overall I feel good about this year. Some manga I wanted to see as anime are getting released so it's all good
@@chaserseven2886 go see the Lilith introduction. She is packing. Also yeah complainers and those who complain about the complainers can get annoying like the genshin impact community for example. I stay away from them like a plague
if you're mentioning One Piece it's worth noting that new OP, which has a strong claim on being not just One Piece's best OP, but one of the greatest openings of the last decade. it's an absolute triumph of animation.
Solo leveling is going to ve a letdown for people who pay attention and are hoping for character arcs. It's a simple power fantasy isekai adjacent plot that turns into something you never asked for. Very generic.
It was already a letdown for me when I realized by the end of episode one that it’s a shitty real world fantasy setting. If it’s accurate to the source material I wouldn’t say it’s a let down in general, however.
I watched this video for anime recommendations. I realized that I had a problem when you got to the end and I had already watched all the anime in the video.
I'm so glad you squeezed in Bravern. The juxtaposition of serious mecha, borderline gay partner pilots, and Bravern's literal Tokusatsu insanity is just plain *fun* . I think it's the show I'm most excited for every week so far.
also Bang Brave Bang Bravern might be a spiritual successor to the Yuusha/Brave series anime which is made by a collaboration with Sunrise and the toy company Takara (now Takara Tomy) which was meant to replace Transformers after the franchise sold poorly in Japan during the 90's, Bravern's director Masami Obari also worked on the Yuusha/Brave series anime.
Sasaki and Peeps is incredibly fresh, not only because of the isekai commerce + secret psychic society, but because the MC is an older man trying to solve things peacefuly, and his ersonality is mostly an "already out of f*cks to give, but still in the game"
Fair and nice, there is a few I missed as usual, but I have to ask. Where is "The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash"? It is absolutely beautiful and having read the light novels, will be quite awesome to witness. Also no mention of the continued season of The Apothecary Diaries that is somehow still 5.0 with 98% of 67.6K voters. But I understand, that Ace Attorney sponsorship was worth the time and effort you put into it, I'll be getting that.
I am so glad you covered Bravern, a friend was recommending it because I really like the VA who plays Bravern, and I decided to give it a shot, but it feels like a fever dream.
Somebody show this video to Gigguk. He took one look at the trailer of Bravern that was SUPPOSED to be misleading and immediately said “not interested”!
Well, the purpose of a trailer is to draw attention of people who would be interested in the show to the show. Making it misleading is... dumb. People who could be interested won't watch because you just lied and told them it wasn't for them, and those that do watch it then dump it because it wasn't what was promised. So, yeah, if they purposely made it misleading, the show deserves to fail for it.
@@Axterix13 I don’t know about that. The show is pretty solid and given how mecha anime fans (including yours truly) are kind of starving for new content nowadays, I want the show to succeed so that we can keep the genre alive. They just need to release a new trailer with the twist included.
Bruh, if I showed you a trailer full of romance, dancing, and flowers, but the actual end result is a brutal gorefest of a slasher film, I’m pretty sure that’s a shitty trailer, no matter if the creators did it “to be subversive”. It’s not a big brain move to intentionally make a shitty trailer - it just means you’re going to lose potential audience members who would actually want to watch what you’re making or piss off people who tuned in for one thing and you gave them something completely different.
I watched Bravern based on your recommendation, and it made me laugh so hard that it caused me to have an asthma attack, and then my continued laughter made me continue wheezing and gave me one hell of a sore throat. 10/10 show would recommend.
I AM SO EXCITED TO WATCH DUNGEON MESHI WITH MY FRIENDS But one of them read the manga first and... be suspicious of Geoff's comparison to Made in Abyss
Im glad you include where each show is streaming. Im tired of seeing a massive list of cool looking shows only to later realize half of them are on platforms i don't have
Sasaki and Peeps needs to go back into the bargain bin on account of it's a middle aged guy collecting a harem of underaged girls. Very cool that they do a total bait and switch and reveal that his new coworker is also in fact underaged.
He's also like... not even faintly showing interest in any of them. It is kind of a weird dynamic, but I don't... *think* it's going there. Or anywhere near there.
i haven’t had the mental capacity to watch anime in a few seasons now, i’ve even stopped paying for my subscriptions for the time being, but i still watch these rundowns for the day i get that itch and enjoyment back. i’ve been looking forward to dungeon meshi for a good long while so it’s nice to know i have that as a pick me up when i’m up for it.
Sasaki and peeps had a fantastic first episode but then they started the anime bullshit with like 3 underage girls inexplicably attracted to our 35+ year old main character. With a lot of these "ones to watch" I'm going to wait until the end of the season to circle back and see if they are worth watching. I have like 20 plus anime on my list of potentially good shows, and there's no way that I have that kind of time with a full-time job. Anyway, solid list. There are so many that you did miss a few... Specifically, "weakest tamer" is both simultaneously heart breaking and wholesome if that's even possible. When the plot really gets going, they really take the time to build up a fairly nuanced world and set of characters. Also villainess level 99 has a really interesting meditextual spin on it; unlike a lot of "isekai based on game" shows, they explore how the video game is almost a misrepresentation of the events that happen in the world as a result of only seeing things from one perspective. There are a ton of plot points which technically follow the video game on the surface but have completely different implications because of the added context of a fleshed out world with real characters. I won't say anything else for the sake of not giving out any spoilers but I really enjoyed both books despite them being from a pretty well trodden genre. Weakest tamer has a to your eternity vibe in how it presents its world and characters.
I agree he missed a few like Weakest Tamer his bargain bin had better choices for me, I have seen most of the ones he recommended and have already dropped 2 of them and 2 are on the bubble.
Yeah, I dropped Sasaki and Peeps after episode 2. Absolutely unbelievable for his coworker to be 16, and nasty yandere vibes from the middle school neighbor. I looked up the manga, and it seems like every single girl he meets in the story will either be underaged or be drawn like a loli, and some of the girls will have extremely inappropriate feelings for him. Doesn't matter that he doesn't reciprocate, it is disappointing to have that be a significant plot focus in a story that is already overloaded with plot gimmicks.
it's actually sad that ishura is off the radar for most people, as in only 3 episodes it's already one of the best anime in this season and has a star-studded VA cast, and It seems to be quite competently written. I really hope more people watch it. Also bang bang bravern is also a fucking banger.
I watched the 3 first episodes of Ishura and I don't know how to feel yet. Some characters have potential but switching each episode to totally different characters with no direct connexion (at least so far) doesn't help me to get invested. Also I love world building in anime but the 3 episode felt like a big and rough exposition dump.
@@ousou78 I love the world building and it's obvious all these threads being set up are going to cross paths. Calling it a rough exposition dump is too mean, it has done great exposition through dialogue and narration, so I could care less.
SUNGWON CHO WAS THE VOICE OF KAGE!?!?!?!? no way!!!!! My jaw dropped when you said that! I finished the series just last week!! I loved it! I had no idea that was him!!!!! /pos
Sign of affection was so good that they started to translate the mangaka's older works and I'm doing one of them. Thanks for paying my rent (๑´•.̫ • `๑)
02:57 Spice & Wolf is coming home from THE WAR!? Man, I bought the first season on DVD on the recommendation of the Desu Des Brigade (shout out to everyone who remembers that era of online video about anime!) That alone is enough of a reason to give this video a thumbs up! (I just hope there will be a dub and that J. Michael Tatum and Brina Palencia return for it)
Man, D2B, that's a blast from the past. Arkada is still going strong and doing the best work he's ever done, but the rest of the crew have largely dropped off the map. I think Prof still does stuff occasionally (although I never really followed him closely myself), but Vix has vanished from this side of the Internet (for frankly understandable reasons), and even Jacob has been pretty quiet aside from tweeting now and then (for even more understandable reasons, unfortunately).
geoff never misses; i was just waiting for cherry magic and was extremely happy to see it on the list 👍 if you're interested in this summary, theres a live action drama thats very very good!
The fact that Doctor Elise was not even mentioned is a huge goddamn shame. Easily the black sheep of the season and I'd argue one of the best of the season.
I appreciate a good number of your picks here, but I need to mention here to anyone trawling the comments that so far, in its two episodes, The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash is both the most well-produced and emotionally touching isekai of the season. It is genuine quality that I would highly recommend.
ya, easily the two best anime of the season. Yuki is so adorable and pure that she makes the Pre-fall Fluffy Paradise look sugar free, and Metallic Rouge is so deep that the first bite of concept locks your jaw open. I also appreciate that while the initial premise/scheme of Sasaki and Peeps is similar to the initial plan in Saving 80k Gold it wasnt compared because Sasaki is an Action series where as Saving 80k gold is, despite what you could possibly imagine, a yuri harem comedy where Mitsuha lays the foundations for and then suffers the consequences of her actions. Sasaki has to fight his way out of other people's schemes to live his best life, where as Mitsuha cultivates an environment where she is increasingly trapped by her attachments, restricted by her lies, and surrounded by enemies whose reach stretches almost as far as her own. Reading about her destroying Russia and The Empire is fucking cathartic.
As someone who has read a fair number of Korean portal web comics, the first minute (and last part) of the Solo Leveling description sums up almost every single one of them. It's the Isekai of South Korea (along with the tower and level ones). Now an Omniscient Reader anime. That would be the stuff of legends. (Though I won't discount Solo Leveling; I've never tried it. I just got sick of reading the same story when it came around and never picked it up. Just like how I can only read so many historical romances.)
Not gonna lie when you called solo leveling "shockingly fresh" I literally burst out laughing. Now in all fairness solo leveling is very good and one of the first popularizer of the genre. But I don't know, after the 69th I was the weakest hunter but then I returned and now I'm S-rank, even Solo Leveling seems trite.
Tbf it is (albeit a slightly more gorey/alicization levels of gore) Korean SAO but it fresh in a way feels like im reading the webtoon anew all over again
You are right, I have read the manwha and it is your typical, weak protagonist suddenly becomes OP and everything goes his way. The protagonist and story and cookie cutter and boring, but I'll watch it for the action and animation
"Oh dungeon meshi is as far a tone from Made in Abyss as you can get" *im so ready for his full review of the anime to have that line and show how poorly it aged*
As a gay man, I can totally recommend it. Was also pleasantly surprised to find it here, and with so much anime being wish fulfillment for straight men, it's refreshing to get stuff for us too.
"Delicious in Dungeon is fun, a laid back low stakes character driven comedy that feels like the coziest bits of your favorite JRPG thrown together" Manga readers: lol. lmao.
the fact that cherry magic actually didn't force us to agonise over the "will they or won't they" for too long and even gave a satisfying end to the story is what I call the ✨cherry✨ on top ...I'm sorry about that
Thank you so much for recommending Cherry Magic! It doesn't get enough attention since it's a BL but it's amazing! (I'm turning 30 this year. Let's see if I wake up a witch!)
I must ask, for the InShura clip with the psycho sword dude, did the original episode actually use a copyright friendly remix of Rules of Nature? That is so badass, it shows just how much fun he had killing that giant robot.
I haven’t watched it nor have I heard of it till now, but I have a theory on why the love interest has such big lips in the anime about the deaf college student. Deaf and hard of hearing people learn to read lips. So I think that since the guy is one of the first people to try and get to know her/ someone she really likes, I feel like that could be a reason for him to have large lips when everyone else in the show looks normal. As someone who has deaf people in my family and I myself have always been hard of hearing and in the process of losing my hearing as a whole and within the next 5 years will no longer have my hearing, I really appreciate the take the show seems like it has. I’m really excited to check it out!
Hi I’m the Kpop fan you summoned a few videos ago. Fun fact part two, yknow that kpop idol who got in unreasonable trouble for watching Made in Abyss? His group performed the OP for Solo Leveling! Choi Soobin will not be kept from anime, no matter how many times he’s cancelled.
I really appreciate that end card scroll of all the shows. It's a pain in the ass scrubbing the timeline trying to remember the names so I can look them up later.
My favorite thing about delicious in dungeon is the complete lack of fab service. In the first two episodes marcille gets attacked by a slime and trapped by the vines of a man eating plant, BOTH OF WHICH WOULD BE FANSERVICE MOMENTS IN LITERALLY ANY OTHER ANIME, and there’s not even a hint of it! From a trigger show!!! I showed this one to my mom!!!! And she loved it!!!!!
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Hoping they embrace more of their original franchises.
aight who's going to make the first big hot chocolate with water or milk debate on this bad boy
@@whizthesugoi Good product bad company.
A good season with many worth watching, but not a standout great one.
Probably Metallic Rouge is my favorite because it reminds me of old 90s best anime era.
Konosuba Season 3 in April will be ANIME OF THE YEAR.
"I am... THE LAAWW!"
"To anyone complaining that Delicious in Dungeon starts off too slow, just..."
puts on sunglasses
"....let it cook."
I C wat U did ther
My local library only had up to volume 4, which is a painful place to stop
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Oh damn, my condolences. It truly is a terrible place to stop! xD
Dungeon Meshi it's like those Kirby memes about killing God
The deaf anime having more focus on the lips because of lip-reading etc. is such a brilliant stylistic choice to reflect character pov, that i think that decision alone might make me watch it.
Thought it was because someone in the studiomade gay korean porn but hey what do i know
Wow! I never made that connection
what is its name?
@@manelguise1789, 8:07 "A Sign of Affection"
@@manelguise1789 A sign of affection
I'm just gonna say it. Delicious in Dungeon is going to be fantastic. I've read the entire manga. It's amazing. Please, please, please don't sleep on this anime. It's more than just about cooking gourmet monster meals inside of a dungeon.
Delicious in Dungeon is unequivocally the best manga I have ever read. I did not consume this piece of media. It consumed me.
Ive only read the first volume (bc i like having the physical copies and the series is a bit more expensive than others) but i absolutely adore it so far. The whole Living Armor episode had me so hyped, it really feels like solving a hard encounter in a TTRPG
if you're still on the fence, I promise this is not a manga about food. Ok, not *only* about food.
@@darkpixel1128It's about food in the sense that's about everything related to food. Which essential means it's about the ecology of a weird megadungeon below the Earth that somehow has evolved in its own way.
No that's literally all it is. It's the same as trash as the other monster cooking shows.
Jeff: Meiji Gekken is mostly for Japanese history buffs
Me: *currently writing my Masters thesis on Meiji Japan* well that was lucky
You had me at Japanese history!
It’s “Geoff”, not “Jeff”. Common mistake.
Goodluck on your thesis man.
Yes you can be right on that still can be enjoyable but then again anime is a risky gamble and not all titles can hit the mark even if it looks like it.
I am totally here for Bang Bravern seemingly setting up a love triangle between two men and an alien mecha as earth is being invaded by other alien machines. We already have Bravern gushing over Isami, blushing when Lewis wanted to *ride him* and then uh the *ED* . I can tell it’s gonna be a lot of fun the whole way through.
Thank you for giving “A Sign of Affection” the love it deserves!! As a junior VA in Japan who participated in this show (episodes 1 and 2), this really warmed my heart🥹 Thanks Geoff!
whoaa that's so cool!!!!!
Heck yea!! I wish you luck with pursuing the VA world!!! 🥳
That's amazing!! Best of luck!
I was so, so ready to be performatively indignant about the absence of Bang Bravern from this list. I should have had more faith.
Same, because i literally just learned about it yesterday
@@thomasffrench3639 I saw the first ep early (off the back off a truck, cough) and have been thinking about *almost* nothing else ever since.
Honestly same
Yeah, Garnt's video and comments section prepared me for both this comment and its alternate timeline version.
@@groofay I feel like that comment section is going to a catalyst for the show’s popularity. It’s pretty insane as It literally came out of nowhere and now I’ve seen the first episode
the key factor in me deciding to give Bravern a chance is the fact that his theme song is in universe canon playing while he battles 😂 you cant get any better than that
I went in expecting another "it's totally not Gundam"...Left with something closer to cheesy Saturday morning Sentai/Ultraman, I'm not disappointed.
That was seriously the deciding factor for me as well
Last years season: YOU ARE MY SPECIAL 😈
This years season: Bling bang bling bling born 🕺🎶🗣️
TO THE NEXT TO THE ICHIBAN UE 💯💯💯🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥
I can’t tell if you are making fun of Bravern or not
@@thomasffrench3639it's referencing the intro to mashle
That OP is better than most of the anime on this list and I'll die on that hill.
@@Caprinekinah wrong all are better since its japanime and theres no h.b.o max velma included and theres no dying and your comment is a joke🤣
The contrast between Dungeon Meshi and Made In Abyss is quite funny if you've read the manga and know that the two are actually much more similar than at first glance
SO glad cherry magic made it onto this list, the drama is an absolutely iconic classic!!! i hope everyone has fun with it!!
I hadn't even heard of it and just have episode one a chance on a whim, the premise seemed like harem material which, as a gay man, is the opposite of my interests. Two minutes later and I'm like "oh, this is a gay thing, this is EXACTLY my interests!" I'm loving it.
I literlly cheered when he said the title, I didn't know we were getting an anime
can i just say. i've heard people talk about Cherry Magic a lot but until this moment i've never heard anyone mention the full title, I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT AT ALL-
Honestly im glad geoff talked about it, i probably wouldnt have given it a chance otherwise, and I enjoyed every episode
YAY DUNGEON MESHI MENTION! Ryoko Kui is a master of her craft, in my opinion. To all those new to Delicious in Dungeon, please give it a chance. It truly grows into a wonderfully made story, that builds on its world and characters in a satisfying way.
It's great. I really need to check out the manga
@@GrandiaKnight I really recommend you do! In the later chapters you can really see Ryoko Kui's art style evolve and grow. And even if the whole series is covered in the anime, her artwork is downright breathtaking at times. There's a lot of additional mini comics in each volume that develop the monsters/world more. Not to mention her 'Daydream Hour' drawings where you can see a lot of her own concept art and supplementary drawings for the series; those drawings really show how much she thinks on her characters and world outside of what you see implemented into the main manga.
Seconding this recommendation: it starts as a meal-a-chapter almost gag story about D&D characters and develops into one of the best fantasy stories I've read in the last decade.
Kui's worldbuilding and attention to detail is phenomenal.
as a Golden Kamuy fan, I already knew I was gonna like another adventure/cooking story with a wide and varied cast of weirdos who get into shenanigans together. I had been meaning to check out the manga, and I still want to... it's just by happenstance that the anime got here first.
Yeah the "low stakes comedy" does not last. The story gets twisty and much more serious later on, though the cooking gimmick never gets dropped.
Normally I would consider playing with the space-time continuum to be highly unethical, but I 110% agree that Bravern shouldn't be slept on and you're doing a service to humanity by upending your video and time itself to spread the good word.
Where did that show come from? I literally just saw a bunch of people mentioning it in comments, and now I see it everywhere
@thomasffrench3639 I don't know but OP speaks true - for the love of Braver GO AND WATCH It.
Gonna say Mr. Villain's Day Off is also very cute and worth checking out.
"You're that evil alien who wants to take over the world!!!"
"No, it's Saturday"
"???"
My short synopsis
It is definitely a bit slower paced though, compared to, say, the "Earth animals are cute" anime we just had. Which kind of fits the lazy day off theme.
I tried it with my SO and to be honest it WAS sort of meh? Like we both LOVED the idea of an EVIL boss having free time, but the panda jokes got boring extremely quickly and the constant repeating of "I'm on vacation" line got on our nerves
Hot take that I kind of hate myself for: *The manga is better*
The manga is absolutely Delightful and I've read it for years. But watching the first episode cramming in like 5 chapters just to fill out the time made it feel repetitive and I was kind of over it halfway through. I think this is a show that (while I love that it got animated!) would have benefitted from being 5-10 minute episodes like a Chis Sweet Home type of thing instead, letting the viewer decide if we want to watch a full 20 minutes or not.
@@elisabethn2893tbf could be a best of both worlds thing. Maybe it’s deliberately slower for the anime coz for me I like it as a weekly chill anime so the slowness I dont mind. Tho I can imagine the manga is funnier and has more punch. I should read it one time
How did no one get it was gonna be super robo, it has brave in the title, TWICE!
In hindsight, the clues were there, but the title sounded like such nonsense that my brain didn't interpret it until it was too late
Yeah but it's "yuuki" rather than the more telling "yuusha". Explosive Courage Bang Bravern (Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern).
I can't believe I hadn't heard about Metallic Rouge until now, its everything I'm into AND its studio bones. I'm so glad y'all make these videos
Dungeon Meshi and Made in Abyss are weirdly similar in that they are both cooking-focused travelogues through menacing Freudian fantasy worlds adapted from niche but surprisingly popular and beautifully illustrated seinen manga written by people who've probably played a lot of Wizardry. The fact that they are tonally polar opposites just proves that this hyper-specific genre nobody previously knew existed has legs. :P
Except one author is probably on a watchlist and the other clearly isn't...
Ryoko kui is a certified western-rpg enjoyer, I love her art style so much.
@@holylight2428 I think I heard she had trouble finishing the last chapters of the manga due to Baldur's Gate 3 hahah
Maybe that's why I do not like them both.
They aren't even that different in tone, Made in Abyss has plenty of funny/light hearted moments, while Dungeon Meshi gets a bit darker and heavier in its second half.
Also Bravern has awesome CG work. If Bones is flexing their 2D Animation, Cygames is definitely showing off their 3D.
-obsessively checks to see if Winter 2024 anime video is up yet multiple times a day: Oh wait, it’s actually up. Yay!
yup in the spring of 2024....
1) I am so pumped for Dunmeshi getting an anime adaptation. It's already doing it justice so far. We eating good.
2) I can only assume at this point that you must have *something* about Apothecary Diaries in the pipeline, since it got functionally left off the Fall Ones to Watch (I know it was for practical reasons due to the way it aired) and it's still running. So I expected it to at least get a nod along similar lines to Freiren. And if you're not planning anything... it'd be cool if you maybe consider giving it a shot and/or some coverage, if you've got the time? I don't know the last time a show mugged me for my loose attention this hard.
I’m all for Netflix jumping on this Anime train, because lately they have been releasing some bangers.
Blue eye Samurai, ooku, and Komi were really good if you haven’t checked it out.
Yeah NF has turned into an anime powerhouse. I have long stopped watching its live-action crap. Would have canceled it except anime is so good.
He hasn’t. Two videos on that Romona Flowers series but crickets on Blue Eye Samurai.
Yessssss absolutely love Blue Eye Samurai!!!!!!!❤ that shit is so good!
@@johnnycash5858super weird right? It’s so good!
And not to mention Dorehedoro getting more seasons.
Bravern is one of the hidden gems.It's been a hit in Japan and I hope people give it a try. It's definitely a defition of chaos.
20:10 *sigh* I really wish The Executioner and Her Way of Life would get a second season.
Same
Executioner does this concept so fucking well. I'm not sure if you follow the books, but it gets really crazy (in a good way).
I loved The Executioner and Her Way of Life so much. One of my favourite anime of 2022 for sure. Still hoping it will indeed get more seasons.
@@Shtoops I have all the light novels that are on Bookwalker, but I still need to sit down and read them.
As someone who's also watched every episode of all the shows out so far, let me tell you... The "bargain bin" is full of pretty actually good shows.
Going into Bravern blind was such tonal whiplash. I don't think I've ever seen a show tone shift so hard in that direction before.
Honestly The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic is one of my favorites this season. You will both laugh and get hyped as you watch not-Izumi Curtis use protag-kun’s ability to use healing magic to somehow turn him into a berserker-packing Doom Guy.
I don't understand how he could miss out singing the praises of Rose, she fucking rocks, best girl of the season.
i assume gushing over magical girls was tossed in the, "too dangerous to mention on UA-cam without being peak fiction" bin. As the animators somehow made an even hornier version of the manga, that definitely crosses the H-line multiple times in order to ensure that everyone has to watch fluffy paradise afterwords to cleanse their souls.
Well, that and he has to have _something_ to top the "Hottest Trash" video coming in a couple of weeks.
I knew from the moment I saw it thatahoako would be topping the trash heap this season. Fortunately, unlike some of the junk food MB normally serves up, mahoako actually has sfw footage to run while he talks.
Horny Utena best Utena. 'nuff said.
@@Doodlesthegreatnah
@@amiablereapernah
Sign of affection is a perfect, beautiful show... also I have that shoujo lower lip as a bearded man xD
i think the lip thing in 'A sign of Affection' is to how much more she focuses on the lips due to lip reading or something along those lines
I’m so happy you gave some love to the dub cast of Delicious in Dungeon! That’s how I’ve been watching it and I love Emily Rudd & ProZD’s performance. Also shout out to Damien Haas as Laios he’s been crushing it.
Thank you, I was sad to see that he skipped at least mentioning Damien's performance since he is embodying so well the wacky weirdo real vibe of Laios.
Oh shit, I'm gonna get magic powers this year!? Hot damn! Turning thirty while having done nothing with my life suddenly got way more appealing!
That sentence totally sounds like a light novel title. Nice.
The thing I really appreciate so far about Lvl 99 Villainess is that, unlike most Otomisekai I've seen, the "villainess" isn't super sweet and then taking over the game's original harem for herself. It looks like she'll actually bond most closely with other people who weren't major figures in the game. Just feels refreshing.
Also, the weakest part of Dungeon Meshi for me is that it's localized title is "Delicious in Dungeon". Nani the f**k is that? The direct translation of the title is Dungeon Food. They chant it like 3 times in the end of the first episode.
Delicious in Dungeon isn’t a bad name
@@Gloomdrake I fully disagree, at the least in comparison to all the many options they had available. It's not an actual translation of the title. It has the hanging adjective. It has twice as many syllables as "Dungeon Food/Meals" which actually are translations.
If not a translated title, they could have gone with "Luncheons and Dragons" or "Dungeons and Delicacies", "Dungeons and Dining" for making the reference (and they do some of these in several other languages)
I would even take "Delicacies in Dungeon" cause at least it's two nouns.
The main male character in lv99 is not any of the harem characters and he’s just the best
@@isaac_marcus I wouldn't say it's the best name, either, but it's not bad
lacking in good word play naming department
The dungeon food anime is fun to watch. Can't wait for it to get to the twist.
One piece especially egg head looking amazing. Also they fixed female designs by giving them cake
Overall I feel good about this year. Some manga I wanted to see as anime are getting released so it's all good
what cake did they add? i only saw someone complain about the complainers
@@chaserseven2886 go see the Lilith introduction. She is packing.
Also yeah complainers and those who complain about the complainers can get annoying like the genshin impact community for example. I stay away from them like a plague
@@chaserseven2886 the Lilith scene has it and that's saying something when we see how the manga goes with outfits.
i didn't notice anything different@@ivanbluecool
if you're mentioning One Piece it's worth noting that new OP, which has a strong claim on being not just One Piece's best OP, but one of the greatest openings of the last decade. it's an absolute triumph of animation.
Solo leveling is going to ve a letdown for people who pay attention and are hoping for character arcs. It's a simple power fantasy isekai adjacent plot that turns into something you never asked for. Very generic.
It was HEAVILY carried by the awesome fight scenes and now that they've the fight scenes meh it's really just painfully mid
It was already a letdown for me when I realized by the end of episode one that it’s a shitty real world fantasy setting.
If it’s accurate to the source material I wouldn’t say it’s a let down in general, however.
@@CMTechnicaRead the manhwa , it s much better overall
@@youssefbencheikh8637he the Shadow Monarch now. If you know the whole god lore shit this feels like it's Heating up.
This didn’t age well 😂
I'm so happy you talk about Bang Bravern, such an underrated show!
I watched this video for anime recommendations. I realized that I had a problem when you got to the end and I had already watched all the anime in the video.
I'm so glad you squeezed in Bravern. The juxtaposition of serious mecha, borderline gay partner pilots, and Bravern's literal Tokusatsu insanity is just plain *fun* . I think it's the show I'm most excited for every week so far.
I THOUGHT BRAVERN WAS GOING TO APPEAR ON THE TRASH, DGSJABHSKWHWHXBJDJ!
But yeah, it is based and fun.
also Bang Brave Bang Bravern might be a spiritual successor to the Yuusha/Brave series anime which is made by a collaboration with Sunrise and the toy company Takara (now Takara Tomy) which was meant to replace Transformers after the franchise sold poorly in Japan during the 90's, Bravern's director Masami Obari also worked on the Yuusha/Brave series anime.
Sasaki and Peeps is incredibly fresh, not only because of the isekai commerce + secret psychic society, but because the MC is an older man trying to solve things peacefuly, and his ersonality is mostly an "already out of f*cks to give, but still in the game"
Fair and nice, there is a few I missed as usual, but I have to ask. Where is "The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash"? It is absolutely beautiful and having read the light novels, will be quite awesome to witness. Also no mention of the continued season of The Apothecary Diaries that is somehow still 5.0 with 98% of 67.6K voters. But I understand, that Ace Attorney sponsorship was worth the time and effort you put into it, I'll be getting that.
I am so glad you covered Bravern, a friend was recommending it because I really like the VA who plays Bravern, and I decided to give it a shot, but it feels like a fever dream.
Somebody show this video to Gigguk. He took one look at the trailer of Bravern that was SUPPOSED to be misleading and immediately said “not interested”!
I haven’t seen that trailer. Why is it supposed to be misleading?
@@Gloomdrake because it doesn’t show the Super Robot. Just the Real Robot military stuff.
Well, the purpose of a trailer is to draw attention of people who would be interested in the show to the show. Making it misleading is... dumb. People who could be interested won't watch because you just lied and told them it wasn't for them, and those that do watch it then dump it because it wasn't what was promised.
So, yeah, if they purposely made it misleading, the show deserves to fail for it.
@@Axterix13 I don’t know about that. The show is pretty solid and given how mecha anime fans (including yours truly) are kind of starving for new content nowadays, I want the show to succeed so that we can keep the genre alive. They just need to release a new trailer with the twist included.
Bruh, if I showed you a trailer full of romance, dancing, and flowers, but the actual end result is a brutal gorefest of a slasher film, I’m pretty sure that’s a shitty trailer, no matter if the creators did it “to be subversive”.
It’s not a big brain move to intentionally make a shitty trailer - it just means you’re going to lose potential audience members who would actually want to watch what you’re making or piss off people who tuned in for one thing and you gave them something completely different.
I watched Bravern based on your recommendation, and it made me laugh so hard that it caused me to have an asthma attack, and then my continued laughter made me continue wheezing and gave me one hell of a sore throat.
10/10 show would recommend.
It's only Winter for you Geoff !!
It was 105°F (41°C) in Adelaide yesterday !!! 🤪
Pfft. Australia isn’t real.
Wow, really? you must have had the heatwave we had last week out west...
@@mothersbasement That weather was real enough for me 🤪
I AM SO EXCITED TO WATCH DUNGEON MESHI WITH MY FRIENDS But one of them read the manga first and... be suspicious of Geoff's comparison to Made in Abyss
What do you meeeeeaaaaaannnnn Delicious in Dungeon is a perfectly normal animanga, about normal things, like eating! ^_^
You're fine, it's safe, go go, watch watch!
I'm surprised that "Gushing Over Magical Girls" (Hidive) wasn't mentioned. I guess that it might be the sleeper hit of the season.
Likely it's in the "I can't risk getting demonetized for talking about borderline H" vault.
Im glad you include where each show is streaming. Im tired of seeing a massive list of cool looking shows only to later realize half of them are on platforms i don't have
Sasaki and Peeps needs to go back into the bargain bin on account of it's a middle aged guy collecting a harem of underaged girls. Very cool that they do a total bait and switch and reveal that his new coworker is also in fact underaged.
He's also like... not even faintly showing interest in any of them. It is kind of a weird dynamic, but I don't... *think* it's going there. Or anywhere near there.
@@Nassifeh the author's name is Buncololi ....
i haven’t had the mental capacity to watch anime in a few seasons now, i’ve even stopped paying for my subscriptions for the time being, but i still watch these rundowns for the day i get that itch and enjoyment back. i’ve been looking forward to dungeon meshi for a good long while so it’s nice to know i have that as a pick me up when i’m up for it.
Sasaki and peeps had a fantastic first episode but then they started the anime bullshit with like 3 underage girls inexplicably attracted to our 35+ year old main character. With a lot of these "ones to watch" I'm going to wait until the end of the season to circle back and see if they are worth watching. I have like 20 plus anime on my list of potentially good shows, and there's no way that I have that kind of time with a full-time job. Anyway, solid list. There are so many that you did miss a few... Specifically, "weakest tamer" is both simultaneously heart breaking and wholesome if that's even possible. When the plot really gets going, they really take the time to build up a fairly nuanced world and set of characters. Also villainess level 99 has a really interesting meditextual spin on it; unlike a lot of "isekai based on game" shows, they explore how the video game is almost a misrepresentation of the events that happen in the world as a result of only seeing things from one perspective. There are a ton of plot points which technically follow the video game on the surface but have completely different implications because of the added context of a fleshed out world with real characters. I won't say anything else for the sake of not giving out any spoilers but I really enjoyed both books despite them being from a pretty well trodden genre. Weakest tamer has a to your eternity vibe in how it presents its world and characters.
I'd be more worried about the girls being attracted to the main character if the main character seemed to want to date anybody besides the bird.
@@Nassifeh I mean you're right for sure, it's still just annoying anime bullshit though
I agree he missed a few like Weakest Tamer his bargain bin had better choices for me, I have seen most of the ones he recommended and have already dropped 2 of them and 2 are on the bubble.
Yeah, I dropped Sasaki and Peeps after episode 2. Absolutely unbelievable for his coworker to be 16, and nasty yandere vibes from the middle school neighbor. I looked up the manga, and it seems like every single girl he meets in the story will either be underaged or be drawn like a loli, and some of the girls will have extremely inappropriate feelings for him. Doesn't matter that he doesn't reciprocate, it is disappointing to have that be a significant plot focus in a story that is already overloaded with plot gimmicks.
I was not expecting Geoff to pull out some Astrojax. I haven't seen that shit since middle school.
I will call it "Delicious in Dungeon" when I am dead in the ground. The subtitles even translate "Dungeon Meshi" as "Dungeon Food" in the show
it's actually sad that ishura is off the radar for most people, as in only 3 episodes it's already one of the best anime in this season and has a star-studded VA cast, and It seems to be quite competently written. I really hope more people watch it. Also bang bang bravern is also a fucking banger.
I watched the 3 first episodes of Ishura and I don't know how to feel yet.
Some characters have potential but switching each episode to totally different characters with no direct connexion (at least so far) doesn't help me to get invested.
Also I love world building in anime but the 3 episode felt like a big and rough exposition dump.
Too messy and convoluted, and the characters weren't compelling at all for me. Looks good though, but I dropped it
It's on disney. Fuck disney
I watched the 1st ep of ishura and hated it and the reviews I saw were mixed leaning negative.
@@ousou78 I love the world building and it's obvious all these threads being set up are going to cross paths. Calling it a rough exposition dump is too mean, it has done great exposition through dialogue and narration, so I could care less.
SUNGWON CHO WAS THE VOICE OF KAGE!?!?!?!? no way!!!!! My jaw dropped when you said that! I finished the series just last week!! I loved it! I had no idea that was him!!!!! /pos
Sign of affection was so good that they started to translate the mangaka's older works and I'm doing one of them. Thanks for paying my rent (๑´•.̫ • `๑)
02:57 Spice & Wolf is coming home from THE WAR!? Man, I bought the first season on DVD on the recommendation of the Desu Des Brigade (shout out to everyone who remembers that era of online video about anime!) That alone is enough of a reason to give this video a thumbs up!
(I just hope there will be a dub and that J. Michael Tatum and Brina Palencia return for it)
Man, D2B, that's a blast from the past. Arkada is still going strong and doing the best work he's ever done, but the rest of the crew have largely dropped off the map. I think Prof still does stuff occasionally (although I never really followed him closely myself), but Vix has vanished from this side of the Internet (for frankly understandable reasons), and even Jacob has been pretty quiet aside from tweeting now and then (for even more understandable reasons, unfortunately).
geoff never misses; i was just waiting for cherry magic and was extremely happy to see it on the list 👍 if you're interested in this summary, theres a live action drama thats very very good!
The fact that Doctor Elise was not even mentioned is a huge goddamn shame. Easily the black sheep of the season and I'd argue one of the best of the season.
4:48 We all know his best roles are Lysanderoth and King Dragon, who sends his regards.
Escaflowne the movie: Doo Doo Dogwater
Escaflowne the show: One of my favorites
Someday he'll put a list with the actual titles in the description. It isn't today, but someday.
I appreciate a good number of your picks here, but I need to mention here to anyone trawling the comments that so far, in its two episodes, The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash is both the most well-produced and emotionally touching isekai of the season. It is genuine quality that I would highly recommend.
Super hyped for sengoku youko!
Also, triple thanks to Geoff for the list at the end
Well, after seeing the Arc of Thrones clip go full Raiden with you throwing in "Rules of Nature" on top, I guess I have to watch it.
Sorry, just had to pause the video for a sec and praise the immaculate transition from Metallic Rouge to Signs of Affection. Just brilliant.
ya, easily the two best anime of the season. Yuki is so adorable and pure that she makes the Pre-fall Fluffy Paradise look sugar free, and Metallic Rouge is so deep that the first bite of concept locks your jaw open.
I also appreciate that while the initial premise/scheme of Sasaki and Peeps is similar to the initial plan in Saving 80k Gold it wasnt compared because Sasaki is an Action series where as Saving 80k gold is, despite what you could possibly imagine, a yuri harem comedy where Mitsuha lays the foundations for and then suffers the consequences of her actions. Sasaki has to fight his way out of other people's schemes to live his best life, where as Mitsuha cultivates an environment where she is increasingly trapped by her attachments, restricted by her lies, and surrounded by enemies whose reach stretches almost as far as her own. Reading about her destroying Russia and The Empire is fucking cathartic.
I feel "the weakest tamer began a journey to pick up trash" should be on the list (compared to others that are). At least the start seems intruiging.
"That's as many as five 2s..." - The Goat of Basements
I watched Sign of Affection in one day from your recommendation.. it was SO good. I loved it!
I ran across Apothecary’s Diaries and was pleasantly surprised how good it is! It is this season, no?
Last season
The fact you didn’t mention Damien Haas as Laios’s voice actor was criminal
As someone who has read a fair number of Korean portal web comics, the first minute (and last part) of the Solo Leveling description sums up almost every single one of them. It's the Isekai of South Korea (along with the tower and level ones).
Now an Omniscient Reader anime. That would be the stuff of legends.
(Though I won't discount Solo Leveling; I've never tried it. I just got sick of reading the same story when it came around and never picked it up. Just like how I can only read so many historical romances.)
I laughed too hard at the Now Kiss joke. I wish I could like video more than once. lmao
These lists every season are super helpful for me. Thanks for consistently making them.
Can we just appreciate the Fruits Basket music in the background? The vibes are ✨IMMACULATE✨
Not gonna lie when you called solo leveling "shockingly fresh" I literally burst out laughing. Now in all fairness solo leveling is very good and one of the first popularizer of the genre. But I don't know, after the 69th I was the weakest hunter but then I returned and now I'm S-rank, even Solo Leveling seems trite.
Yeah, I can't speak to its quality but absolutely nothing I've heard so far, this video included, makes it sound like anything more than Korean SAO.
Tbf it is (albeit a slightly more gorey/alicization levels of gore) Korean SAO but it fresh in a way feels like im reading the webtoon anew all over again
You are right, I have read the manwha and it is your typical, weak protagonist suddenly becomes OP and everything goes his way. The protagonist and story and cookie cutter and boring, but I'll watch it for the action and animation
I think youtube be glitching comments because oh wow@@nirmalasokan1687
UA-cam comments glitching? Why so much repeat comments
"Oh dungeon meshi is as far a tone from Made in Abyss as you can get"
*im so ready for his full review of the anime to have that line and show how poorly it aged*
6:35 this is exactly my vibe. Show don’t tell storytelling is an acquired taste, but its worth it.
I didn't expect to love a sign of affection as much as I did but it's genuinely so wholesome so Im enjoying it alot
A KISS IS NOTHING COMPARED TO AN ACTUAL MARRIAGE DAMMIT (But it sure would have been a nice bonus admittedly)
Thank you so much for being such a great ally!!!! I can't wait to give Cherry Magic a try baca8se of your glowing recommendation
As a gay man, I can totally recommend it. Was also pleasantly surprised to find it here, and with so much anime being wish fulfillment for straight men, it's refreshing to get stuff for us too.
"Delicious in Dungeon is fun, a laid back low stakes character driven comedy that feels like the coziest bits of your favorite JRPG thrown together"
Manga readers: lol. lmao.
Bravenrn is so fucking cool
the fact that cherry magic actually didn't force us to agonise over the "will they or won't they" for too long and even gave a satisfying end to the story is what I call the ✨cherry✨ on top ...I'm sorry about that
Jeff... Please.. this is too many... my endorphin receptors can only take so much!
I’m throwing in Dr. Elise for the villainess fans! It’s a fun twist on the genre with a medical/surgery history theme!
Thank you so much for recommending Cherry Magic! It doesn't get enough attention since it's a BL but it's amazing!
(I'm turning 30 this year. Let's see if I wake up a witch!)
Frieran, delicious in dungeon, buccigiri, and mashle are providing real good😩
I forgot about solo leveling and cherry… THEYRE ALSO🛐🛐🛐
Episode 1 of Metallic Rouge made me say "oh fuck!" twice, just on aesthetics alone.
Winner of "best title card of the year" looks locked.
Episode two already felt like a filler episode though.
Glad to see that six of the seven shows I've had my eye on made the list. Gonna have to add Bang Bravern to my plans too.
Looking forward to Gushing Over Magical Girls being top of the list of the Top Trash and/or Cursed anime of Winter 2024
Honestly still deserved to be in this top 10. It might be trash, but it is the absolute peak right up there with Shimoneta.
I must ask, for the InShura clip with the psycho sword dude, did the original episode actually use a copyright friendly remix of Rules of Nature? That is so badass, it shows just how much fun he had killing that giant robot.
I haven’t watched it nor have I heard of it till now, but I have a theory on why the love interest has such big lips in the anime about the deaf college student. Deaf and hard of hearing people learn to read lips. So I think that since the guy is one of the first people to try and get to know her/ someone she really likes, I feel like that could be a reason for him to have large lips when everyone else in the show looks normal. As someone who has deaf people in my family and I myself have always been hard of hearing and in the process of losing my hearing as a whole and within the next 5 years will no longer have my hearing, I really appreciate the take the show seems like it has. I’m really excited to check it out!
Hi I’m the Kpop fan you summoned a few videos ago. Fun fact part two, yknow that kpop idol who got in unreasonable trouble for watching Made in Abyss? His group performed the OP for Solo Leveling!
Choi Soobin will not be kept from anime, no matter how many times he’s cancelled.
Anime has cursed kpop idols. Remember that one time karina from aespa got attacked over watching my hero academia, of all things?
Holy moly is “A Sign of Affection” made specifically for me. I probably wouldn’t have heard of it if not for this video. Thanks, Geoff!
You forgot Doctor Elise
Just watched that one, binged it in one night 😅
I really appreciate that end card scroll of all the shows. It's a pain in the ass scrubbing the timeline trying to remember the names so I can look them up later.
I can't lie I wasn't sure about Bucchgiri but the first episode was so funny I had to watch another one. After the 2nd episode I was all in.
My favorite thing about delicious in dungeon is the complete lack of fab service. In the first two episodes marcille gets attacked by a slime and trapped by the vines of a man eating plant, BOTH OF WHICH WOULD BE FANSERVICE MOMENTS IN LITERALLY ANY OTHER ANIME, and there’s not even a hint of it! From a trigger show!!! I showed this one to my mom!!!! And she loved it!!!!!