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Summer Anime Season Wrap-up and Discussion Thread [2024, Week 39] (ani.social)

submitted 5 days ago by wjs018@ani.social to c/anime@ani.social

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Summer season is drawing to a close. Most shows have either wrapped up last week or are wrapping up this week. So, let's talk about it! Did anything surprise you? disappoint you? exceed your expectations? Of course, more general topics are still welcome just like any week.

Link to a list of Summer 2024 shows for reference

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[–] Unboxious@ani.social 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I watched a few shows:

Elusive Samurai - This has been my favorite so far. The animation and general art direction has been incredible, and the characters have been fun.
Shikanokonokonokokoshitantan - It was fine. I dunno, past the first episode or two I didn't feel like the jokes always landed.
Spice and Wolf - It was good, but not quite as excellent as I'd heard. Lawrence can be kind of an idiot sometimes, and wow is Holo an asshole.
Konosuba S3 - If you liked the first two seasons of Konosuba, this is more of that at about the same level of quality. The jokes land really well when they're not about sexual harassment. Want to guess what lots of the jokes are about though?

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I still haven't watched the new spice and wolf, I was wary the second it was announced as a remake. The original is just kinda timeless to me, the animation style and music very well done.

[–] Unboxious@ani.social 2 points 4 days ago

I can't really say whether the new one is better or worse than the old, but I think it's probably worth watching for a Spice and Wolf fan. My impression is that the execution was pretty good; most of my hangups have to do with fundamental writing choices that would probably be in both versions of the show. It's not like re-makes are always bad; just look at Fullmetal Alchemist!