Another week of the year is in the books which means we get a new general discussion thread. Feel free to use this thread to talk about what you have been watching lately, questions about a series you didn’t understand, recommendations for what to watch next, or any number of things. A couple examples to get your brain gears turning:
- What anime character this season has the best facial hair and why is it Denken?
- Konami is making their own anime? If you enter the code in the player, do you get the uncensored version?
- I saw that Maomao was on the cover of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare magazine. What do you think the next anime character used by the Japanese government will be? Perhaps Ai Hoshino for the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology?
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Been busy, haven’t watched much. Only thing I really watched the last couple weeks is I finally finished Pluto. It was… fine. I was expecting more, based on the hype. There’s a lot I liked and a lot that should have been cut or changed from the source (in my opinion). The episodes are quite long, the pacing is all over the place, the story progression is flawed, and way too much happens to service the needs of the plot. Still, it was well produced. I liked the animation, style, music, characters, Japanese voice acting. I think it’s about as good as the source could allow. I think this opinion is kinda controversial, so hopefully not offending anybody too much.
I haven’t watched Pluto, nor have I read the source, but the reactions I have seen to it have been very interesting. I don’t think you are alone in your views, I have seen plenty of other people that have thought it was good, but not particularly special. Then, there has been a very vocal group that praise it like it was their anime of the year. It might just be one of those stories that just connects with some people and not with others.
I thought Pluto was an 8-9 up until the final arc, then it fell flat for me.