Yeah, that’d make sense

That’s wild. I’m already not a fan of outsourcing, because they seem to not even pay their own animators properly, but to even outsource to a NK studio is a new low. How cheap can you be?

Yeah…they cranked the fan service dial to 11 when they adapted this, and I think it is probably just too far for me

Same. At least crank up the animation and art too if you’re gonna crank the source, like with Ishuzoku Reviewers

I’ve started watching the following:

1. Wistoria: familiar plot and setting, but interesting with good animation and better music than expected. With fantasy school settings, I always struggle with the school’s disregard for their students’ safety. It’s often just a given like it’s supposed to be like that and not really expanded upon or explored why it’s like that, which feels like a copout or as a cheap way to create tension.
2. SHOSHIMIN: pretty fun, but a bit vague right now. The 21:9 aspect ratio feels a bit pretentious. Curious to see where it’ll go.
3. Alya: fun haremish romcom. MC is not a spineless husk, which is a surprise given the many other harem romcoms.
4. Makeine: a fun twist on the love triangle romcom. Surprisingly another MC that’s not a spineless husk.
5. QA in Another World: I kinda felt obligated to watch this due to my profession (software tester). It’s alright. Please don’t call testers debuggers though.
6. Mayonaka Punch: really fun and engaging characters. Feels like good ol’ PA Works.
7. Vtuber Legend: very fun. I used to be way into Vtubers during COVID (still am, but don’t have much time for it sadly), and this anime captures the feel of it very well.
8. NieR Automata part 2: good shit. Good adaptation too. Quite a few changes and additions, but very welcome ones. They keep it interesting for people who played the game. It’s also a big step up production wise compared to the previous part.
9. Senpai is an Otokonoko: heartfelt, though it feels like it’s moving a fair bit faster than the webcomic. VA casting is perfect. Bit too much reliance on chibi.
10. Dahla in Bloom: decent. Feels like it only just started. This show doesn’t know how to do shadows and it bothers the hell out of me.
11. Suicide Squad Isekai: it’s aight. It flows a bit weird and doesn’t really have an anime feel to it. This Harley Quinn is such good best girl material though.
12. 2.5D Seduction: I prefer the manga, but it’s good. Some don’t like the reduced nudity, but I don’t really mind. That wasn’t what made me enjoy the manga anyway.
13. Continuing Spice & Wolf from last season. Might wait until this arc’s over and start binging though. This is my least favourite arc. Not because it’s bad, but because of how it makes me feel.

Dropped:

1. My Deer Friend Shikonoko: banger of an OP, but the actual anime gets old fast. Feels quite a bit ‘random equals funny’. The brainrot isn’t funny enough to justify it.
2. Pseudo Harem: not doing it for me, especially in full 24 min episodes. Works better in manga form imo.
3. Plus Sized Elf: exaggerates the source material while not doing it justice.

Want to watch:

1. Monogatari: need rewatch first
2. The Elusive Samurai

Maybe I’ll pick up some more along the way too.

Is this studio known for good work culture?

Oh man, I’m very happy right now. Despite some issues (spoiler markup being different from most other apps and thus being ineffective for example), this app is still my favourite.

Caught up with this. It’s pretty fun. As a software tester myself though, I take issue with calling them debuggers. We find bugs, developers actually debug to fix them.

This isn’t doing it for me. Feels quite a bit ‘random = funny’. The brainrot might be fun for a while, but gets old quick imo.

This episode was awesome

Good riddance. While I don’t like saying this, good on Tobias for calling the engagement off. Dahlia wouldn’t have, and an actual marriage would have been way worse. Seems he’s not entirely braindead.

Also, those fucking shadows man. They just don’t make sense.

Were there any known issues with Gamma?

edit: lol wouldn’t have pegged this crowd for a sensitive bunch. my mistake, carry on trumpeting your audits lol

This isn’t about ‘trumpeting audits’ or ‘being sensitive’ or brand loyalty or whatever. Your comment just comes across as either wilfully ignorant, or contrarian. Audits and sharing those audits like this are essential for transparancy and building trustworthiness, especially when it comes to security and privacy. If a VPN would say ‘no logs’ but never proves it with transparent audits, they’re untrustworthy. Simple as that. This serves as proof they don’t log.

I don’t see Proton acting special here. Just a report and why it’s important. And they do share all the other stuff you’ve mentioned, so I’m not sure why you seem to ignore that.

Sidenote, if it matters: while I am a Proton customer, I don’t use ProtonVPN

How do you find Oneshots? Do you just scroll Mangadex for them?

I love this manga. The characters are so good and the expressions the mangaka draws for them are so on point.

Yeah, and not just a little bit. All the nudity they added were in scenes/shots that don’t exist in the manga. Not sure how to feel about that. They also seem to have upped the plus sizedness of the characters.

Things moved a little bit too quickly for my liking. Also, why is Dahlia so easily accepting of Tobias’ dumb demands?

The shadows in this show also don’t make sense at all. There’s always some straight lines somewhere on characters, that don’t always match up elsewhere, don’t match the lighting, keep changing positions depending on the viewing angle or are way too static. I don’t know why I’m so bothered about this but I am haha. It’s distracting me.

honestly I find it really gross to have an anime based around a famous person from within living memory, who famously died by suicide, on a comedy journey to commit suicide.

Agreed. Very disrespectful and distasteful

I don’t remember it being so explicit with nudity

Me neither. That’s why I was initially surprised about the ‘no censorship’ news too.

Awesome episode. Also, that ED is gorgeous

Yeah, I do this for my Blurays (with Jellyfin tho), but I don’t really want to bother with downloading seasonal anime episodically. I’d rather use streaming sites for that.