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Post by Ex on Dec 19, 2022 22:52:19 GMT -5
Anime is awesome if you watch the good stuff. But the good stuff doesn't tend to be localized and played on Funimation or Crunchyroll. You have to do your research and go out of your way to find the gems. And there are some real gems out there.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 19, 2022 23:55:11 GMT -5
Yeah just like most entertainment mediums. One trend is true that I don't like though, 90% of anime nowadays tend to be adaptations of already written source material (hello Hollywood? lol), but even worse to me is how most shows follow a seasonal format of just ~12 episodes and get more broken up. I don't need everything to be a 100 episode shounen, not at all. But a single one shot 12 episode season of anime, it's gotta really strike gold to be memorable with so little to chew on. This has actually been a very active year of anime watching for me. I'm at 53 completions so far. I'm getting close to knocking down my downloaded backlog a lot too, so I may try to keep up with the ongoing seasons a bit more if some rare stuff catches my eye. But there's always going to be some old stuff to dig up or some I'm still waiting for subs on, etc. It'll always be liking gaming to me. I'll have one foot in retro anime and the other in newer stuff.
Anime is vast and fun. I encourage digging around on your own to find what genres and things you like if there's any interest to try and do so.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 29, 2022 23:30:37 GMT -5
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Post by Ex on Jan 3, 2023 8:36:11 GMT -5
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Post by Xeogred on Jan 3, 2023 18:45:47 GMT -5
Too happy.
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Post by Ex on Jan 4, 2023 8:56:49 GMT -5
Okay, have these instead:
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Post by Sarge on Jan 4, 2023 23:30:09 GMT -5
Okay, got to admit the Glimmer in Mirror game looks cool. I can roll with happy and cute.
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Post by Xeogred on Jan 4, 2023 23:39:39 GMT -5
I was half joking honestly, it definitely looks cool. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty = Team Ninja = me buying instantly. Black Myth: Wukong ... Chinese devs with the amazing name of "Game Science". Wonder what FromSoftware / Team Ninja ripped assets we can dig up in here?... hah. I'd like to be proven wrong someday with these Chinese devs. But I can't help but be extremely skeptical about them. All style no substance.
South Korea getting more into single playing gaming though, I'm 110% for.
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Post by Ex on Jan 6, 2023 10:16:49 GMT -5
Blue Reflection Sun this year releasing for PC in Japan. I'm 99% positive it'll come to Steam in English later. This is the third entry in this JRPG series. We got the first two officially localized and released in the USA previously. I bought the PS4 versions of those. Looks like I'll have to get this one on PC though.
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Post by Xeogred on Jan 6, 2023 10:32:25 GMT -5
Looks Like Yakuza 7: Kawaii Edition.
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