For an anime that definitely seems a bit lower budget it did pay enough attention to characters' hair and gave the series a longer than standard 14 episodes indicates some level of care/love put into it by the studio.

@paulnamida I really want to watch Shu level the forest. Just to see how much effort the animators put into it.

I find it really overrated, not bad but while the animation and art were fantastic, the story wasn't really good. It was kinda cliché, just replace Violet by a robot and you have one of the most overused sci-fi trope, plus the rythme was lacking, like the whole observatory episode should have been remove. Also Violet character arc and the war plot could have been better. That said it did have some really good episodes (especially the children book and the writer school episode IRC), so it was definitely worth the watch but It's one of those series which would be kinda forgettable if it wasn't for how good they look. If you liked Violet tho, you should give a try to "Ikigami: The ultimate limit" It's darker than Violet but it follow the same style of mini story following different people as they go through a difficult part of their life, and like Violet it end with a not so good "here come the big plot" but everything before is great. From what I have heard Monoke, Mushishi and Black Jack should also be somewhat similar.

@timmaaah While it was a web manga done in long strip format more often associated with Korean manhwa, as far as I'm aware, the releases where behind a publisher paywall, so it's more like it was a strait up digital manga that just skipped the weekly print releases that you get with things like shonen jump and just went strait to tankobon print (though it may have started initially as a web manga at the very start).

@smashman42 said in Which anime left the strongest impact on you?: Your Lie in April yea, I wasn't sure what I was expecting, but I watched it and wept. I'm of a previous generation- Yes I watched StarBlazers and G-force (Gatchaman) when I was 11 or 12. But before that I watched Ultraman and Space Giants (Ambassador Magma) Live Action Kiaju, on the local UHF channel, on a black and white TV, when I was in kindergarten! I didn't realize until really looking back how much Japanese media influenced my tastes EDITed to add: wow - I didn't know until just now (thanks Wikipedia) Osamu Tezuka who was the creator of Space Giants, also created Astro Boy and Black Jack! and might be the originator of Anime as we know it (He is credited with first using and popularizing the 'large eyes' style of character design, now a hallmark of japanese anime/manga--and highly influential globally. (Compare Princess Elsa to Snow white and tell me that the Disney company isn't influenced by anime!)

Yeah, the anime got some flak for some anti-Semitic beliefs of the director. Not that any of that made it into the show itself, so... Anyway, show is great. Great romance, fun characters, great OP, and just really fun overall.

@serah Single cour, 12 or 13 episodes

I rate Ragnarok above Arifureta mainly because of that abominable CGI. (They really had to put in a lot of effort to make it so bad...)

It's a fairly laid back LN .... sort wondering how that would translate into an anime.

I agree, heck it gets worse than that since the anime staff completely missed the entire point of the tournament. In the light novel their was never really any question who the winner would be but so their was no drama their, however it was all part of Mile's plan to make her friends seem more amazing than her which naturally fails. Hopefully the anime can get back on track now.

I guess I really should check out what's on Aniplus this season. I'm curious about the new Psycho-Pass though.

Yeah, and considering one of the bigger selling points of HiDive is the availability of streaming uncensored anime I could see issues with Apple policy.

Well, looks like CR is finally being useful and giving fans what they want. They were a big part in the production committee for the first season. What do you know, the show was a smash hit and more seasons get announced. I wonder if Kinema Citrus will still work on it.

@eternal-wanderer oh my god this is a thing and I don’t want it... I NEED IT! You may have just suddenly heard some sorta high pitch whining... Yeah that was my bank account crying over future life choices!

@pleco_breeder Thank you very much I will start practicing my butt off as soon as I have more time to do so and more than likely getting the books you have recommended above. Now I have one question and one question only... Explos... nah if you don’t mind if I ask for your help in future

@rahul-balaggan said in Thoughts on the new Funimation “levels” of premium memberships?: @zing Region Lock sucks, that being said from personal experience you will not have to deal with their frustrating website and apps to actually watch something. Its fine, I still have my CR membership, which I've been using purely for reading manga recently.

On an off chance, I decided to watch O Maidens in Your Savage Season. Mari Okada wrote both the original story and the screenplay. It's an adolescent slice of life that doesn't have everyone behaving like typical LN characters. It's refreshingly different and seems rather "real". I haven't chucked quite so much since I watched Tsuredure Children. I won't claim it's everyone's cup of tea, but I'm enjoying it so far.

@travis-butler No problem man. I really like Eva too. It's just that I often feel it needs better resolution. (That's why I much prefer the manga.) Also, the way the Rebuild movies took a dark turn really left a bad taste. (Although it was probably intended.)

@doceirias I was like, "A shadowy organization to make wut...?!" But then again, if they have stuff like that, this sounds more interesting than I thought. Thanks.