c/anime-discussions

Finally caught the reference in episode 7 after 4 rewatches

I was rewatching the beach episode last night and suddenly realized the background music matched the same track from episode 3 back in 2021. Has anyone else had a moment where an anime callback just clicks way later than it should?

Finally noticed the difference in my shading after 6 months of drawing practice

I was scrolling through my old sketchbook from January and compared it to a piece I did last night. The difference in how I layer shadows is actually insane now. I think watching those blending tutorials on YouTube finally clicked for me around month 4. Has anyone else had a moment where their art suddenly looked way better out of nowhere?

That guy at the con who argued Goku beats Saitama for 20 minutes

Ran into a dude at Anime Expo last year who kept insisting power scaling is objective and Goku wins every fight no debate. I told him different shows have different rules and he just walked away mid-sentence. Anyone else had a fan ruin a good chat by being too intense about it?

Hit 50 episodes of Gintama and finally get the hype

I used to think Gintama was just random slapstick nonsense, but after forcing myself through the first 20 episodes I started catching the inside jokes. Episode 25 hooked me with its serious arc mixed with comedy, now I get why fans say it's a masterpiece.

Debate: Dub vs Sub during a bad anime week last March

I was sick for a whole week last March and binged two shows one dubbed one subbed. The dub let me knit while watching but the sub felt way more emotional and real. Which side do you land on when you're stuck on the couch for days?

Pro tip: Watching subbed over dubbed actually made me notice character emotions more

I used to watch dubbed anime for years. Missed so many subtle voice cues. Last month I tried subbed on a rewatch of Attack on Titan. Totally different experience. Hearing the original Japanese voice acting brought out anger and sadness I never felt before. Dubbed felt flat after that. Now I'm stuck debating both sides. Anyone else find one version ruined the other for you?

Vent: I used to binge 3 episodes a night now I'm lucky if I finish 1

Back in 2019 I'd crush through 3 episodes of something like Mob Psycho 100 every night after work no problem. Now between running my pest control business and dealing with family stuff, I sat down last Tuesday to watch Orbital Children and fell asleep 20 minutes in. Maybe it's just me getting older or the shows getting slower, but has anyone else hit that wall where your attention span just tanks?

Just realized I've watched 50 anime this year and 40 of them were isekai lmao

I was scrolling through my MAL list and counted 52 total shows finished in 2023, but somehow 40 of them are isekai. Is my taste just completely broken or is the genre just that dominant now?

Tried to show my friend the classic "Goku vs Frieza" fight from DBZ at a watch party in Denver last week

I grabbed the wrong hard drive and ended up playing 20 minutes of a knockoff rip I downloaded in 2008 that had the audio out of sync by like 3 seconds. Nobody said anything for a solid minute until someone asked if this was a satire version - anyone else ever botch a rewatch this badly?

Found a shortcut for tracking side characters in long-running shonen

Been rewatching One Piece from the start and realized if you just note the hair color or unique accessory of any new character introduced, you can skip the wiki checks because the show always gives them a distinct visual cue within 5 minutes of their first line - has anyone else figured out a better system for keeping 900+ episodes straight?

That $150 collectors edition box set I bought is still in shrink wrap 6 years later

I convinced myself I needed the limited run of a mid-2000s mecha series because the box art looked cool. It's been sitting on my shelf since 2019 gathering dust while I just stream everything now. Anyone else have a shelf full of anime they paid good money for and never actually watched?

Finally got my Crunchyroll backlog under 100 episodes after 8 months of neglect

My watch later list hit 460 episodes back in January and I got overwhelmed, but I started watching one episode during my lunch break each day. Down to 94 now, what weird strategies do you guys use to keep up with seasonal shows?

Just realized most anime studios are barely paying their animators

I stumbled on a salary breakdown from Studio Mappa while looking up Jujutsu Kaisen production stuff. Turns out junior animators there make like $12k a year in Tokyo. Has anyone else looked into how the actual workers are treated behind the scenes?

I finally caught why my MAL ratings were all over the place

So I've been rating anime on MyAnimeList for like 3 years now. Last week I looked back at my list and noticed I gave shows like 8s and 9s but then the same score to stuff I barely remembered. The tipping point was when I rated a random filler season the same as Steins;Gate. Turns out I was just rating based on how I felt in the moment instead of actually comparing them to each other. Has anyone else had to go back and redo their whole rating system?

Crunchyroll's player crashed during the finale of my favorite show

I was watching the last episode of a show I'd been following for 6 months and right at the big reveal their stupid player buffered and froze. Then it skipped ahead 5 minutes and I missed the emotional climax. I emailed support and they basically said tough luck. Who else has had a streaming service completely ruin a big moment like that for them?

Finally stopped watching subbed and tried the dub on a rewatch

I've been watching anime for like 8 years now and always been a snob about subs. You know, the whole "original voice acting is the only way" thing. But last week I decided to rewatch Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and figured I'd give the English dub a shot for fun. Man, I was wrong. The voice acting is actually really solid and I caught so many details I missed before because I was reading subtitles the whole time. Stuff like background conversations and little sound effects that just slide past when you're focusing on text. Plus I could actually look at the animation during fight scenes instead of my eyes darting down every 2 seconds. Has anyone else had that experience where you switch dubs and realize you were missing half the show?

Blew $60 on a blu-ray box set that skipped on episode 3

I bought the full collector's edition of a classic mecha anime from a seller on eBay last week, all excited to relive my childhood. Put disc one in and it froze right during the big battle scene in episode 3, totally unwatchable. How do you guys check if used discs are legit before you buy?

The debate over subbed vs dubbed that ruined my dinner last night

I was over at my buddy's place in Austin watching Akira for the first time with his group. Halfway through, two of them got into a screaming match about whether the original Japanese audio or the English dub is the 'real' way to watch it. One guy stormed out and the host had to pick up the pizza we ordered to cool things down. Which side do you land on when the argument gets this heated, and have you ever seen a friendship break over something like this?

Just realized my favorite subbed anime from 3 years ago had a completely wrong translation this whole time

Was rewatching Steins;Gate last week and checked a fansub against the official release and turns out that whole emotional scene with Mayuri in episode 12 I'd been quoting for years was actually mistranslated, has anyone else gone back and caught bad subs messing up key moments?

Tried watching anime at 1.5x speed for a week

I binged through 50 episodes of One Piece in 3 days and actually caught all the plot points. Has anyone else tried speed-watching filler arcs or is this just me being impatient?

My anime streaming queue broke when Crunchyroll updated last night

I had 12 episodes of Orb cued up and the app just froze on episode 4 around 9 PM. Tried clearing cache and reinstalling but now my watch history is gone. Anyone else have their whole list wiped out with the new patch?

Hot take: I spent a whole weekend arguing about 'filler' in a forum thread

It started with a post about the pacing in the 'One Piece' anime. I wrote a detailed reply about which arcs were adapted from the manga versus original to the show. The back-and-forth went on for about 48 hours, with people posting charts and episode counts. I realized I'd spent over 10 hours on it and hadn't actually watched any anime. Has anyone else gotten so deep into a meta-debate they forgot to just enjoy the shows?

Just had the weirdest argument with a guy at the convention about whether 'food anime' counts as a real genre

Spotted a huge Jujutsu Kaisen mural at the new arcade in Springfield

I was at the new Round1 arcade in Springfield last night and saw this massive mural of Gojo and Sukuna on the back wall. I mean, it had to be like 20 feet tall, and the colors were so bright. It was just cool to see anime art in a place like that, you know? Has anyone else found random anime stuff in spots you didn't expect?

Showerthought: People keep saying 'filler arc' wrong and it drives me nuts

I was in a chat room last night and saw three people call the G-8 arc in One Piece filler. It's not. It's anime original, but it's actually good and fits the story. I think folks just hear 'not in the manga' and their brains shut off. I've been watching anime for 15 years and this mix-up happens all the time. It matters because it makes people skip some genuinely fun stuff. I rewatched that whole arc last month and it's solid. How do you even decide what 'good filler' is anyway?