I believe the source light novels are still being published (currently 15 volumes it looks like). I am an anime-only, so I don’t know if this upcoming season might end at a satisfying point or not though if the anime concludes.

Really looking forward to this one. Currently trying to convince my wife that she should watch the first season after we finish Trigun.

It was nice to see a confident Shibisu that people seemed to respect as a team leader. I remember in season 1 with Hatz and Anaak basically ignored him all the time.

So, am I right in assuming that the Traveler and Endorsi were left off the ship? It seemed like the counter had reached zero before we cut back to them, but I wouldn’t put it past this show to have arranged things non-chronologically.

Alright, we seem to have finally moved on to the Archimedes and put this pregame behind us for the most part. It was exciting to see Rak show up again at the end. The best part of it was that it was tiny Rak! We saw this version of Rak last season, but it was because he was shrunk against his will. I didn’t realize it was something he could turn on and off.

Not sure what Endorsi is planning to do next now that she realizes who Viole is. Especially since she seems to have been left behind and didn’t make it to the Archimedes in time. Also, the traveler has been left behind. They are both big fans of Emily, so maybe they will get up to some wacky hijinks on their own.

Finally, the last thing I wanted to point out is that we actually had a couple impact frames this episode. When Bam activated his power, somebody decided to animate his knockout punch. It was brief, but things moved on screen, so I’ll take it. @rikka@ani.social

Edit: Updated post above, but this is going to be a simultaneous global release per ANN.

I believe that this November 7th date is (at least) the US availability on Prime. Amazon hasn’t said what other markets it will be available in yet. However, once it is released digitally, I am sure that the high seas of the internet will have their hands on it shortly thereafter.

Would there be interest among people here if I created a dedicated discussion thread for this when it releases? The 7th is a Thursday, so perhaps creating a thread on the 8th to allow people some time to watch it (or for the pirates to get it in their regions)?

That is the logo for Studio Trigger, which animated the anime.

Really glad that you have liked it! I am up to date with what has been released and I am happy to say that it has not yet gotten too real or depressing (for me anyway). In fact, more recent chapters have taken on an air of optimism that has been a bit refreshing. There is a really big reunion that I am still waiting to see and hope it happens soon.

The AniList api only lists a release time for the first episode of a batch. So, for something like this series, episode 1 would have a release time listed (and get picked up by the bot), but episodes 2+ just don’t have any airing time and are therefore not picked up by the bot.

I have done some quick searching around and found some other apis that I might play around with (Jikan which queries MAL, and AnimeSchedule.net has an api). I think the ideal scenario would be if a batch release would list all the episodes with the same airing time, and then I could program logic on my end to batch the episodes together into one post (the subreddit makes a series of individual posts, but I don’t think we have enough activity to support a deluge of posts like that).

As for nyaa, it is a popular public anime torrent tracker where pretty much any episode that airs gets posted quite soon. So, the main way that holo keeps track of what episodes have aired is that it parses the recent listings on nyaa to see what new torrents have been added.

I don’t have a lot to contribute this week as I have been absolutely slammed with work this past week. I have found that when my irl workload gets high, I have an easier time kicking back to some anime rather than reading manga. So, this has resulted in my manga backload growing quite a bit unfortunately. So, in the absence of talking about series that I enjoyed this past week, I thought I would write about series that I wish got updates. I scrolled through my library and just picked out the first few examples that caught my eye (except Star Tripper since that one was on my mind and prompted this topic).

• Star Tripper: Planetarium Ghost Travel

I really wish there was more of this series to read on Mangadex (I think raws go to chapter 27). I absolutely adored the dark whimsy of this series. It reminded me a lot of Adventure Time in that everything about the aesthetic is cute and fun, but there is a hidden darkness to it all that everybody has just accepted. If my request could reach the ears of any scanlation groups out there, this is the one I would would ask for.

• Vtuber Confucius

This was a fun little jaunt that seems to have been dropped by the translator. I think the series is completed and ends with chapter 20. It’s really silly and I enjoyed what I read, so I wish somebody would just wrap up the second half of the series so that I could clear it out of my library.

• Tonight, We Are Having a Sleepover

This is another one where the first half of it was translated and posted to Mangadex, but then it stopped. The final chapter is 37, so only 18 more to go! The storytelling was pretty nonconventional in this one, so I am curious to see how things progressed as the story went.

• Shinigami Ramen

This one didn’t get too far in before it was dropped by the translator, but the raws have finished up now with chapter 25. It was pretty dang cute and wholesome, despite its protagonist being a severely overworked salaryman. I really want to see more of this one!

Weekly ranking roundup:

1. Anime Corner - Full Results - Weekly Winner: Bleach: TYBW
2. Reddit Karma - Weekly Winner: Dan Da Dan

Credit to /u/Abysswatcherbel for making the chart for reddit karma and /u/Nooble5 for the Anime Trending chart.

Bleach continues its dominance of the AC chart. Meanwhile it is a two-horse race for the reddit karma top spot between Dan Da Dan and Re:Zero. I was happy to see Orb break into the top 10 after an outstanding episode 3 even after two shows premiered in the top 10 (SLF and Daima).

Been slammed with work this past week, but I managed to keep up with most of the seasonal shows I have been watching this season.

• Orb: On the Movements of the Earth - This continues to be my favorite seasonal show of the Fall. I also saw that we are likely to get a complete adaptation of the source since this is running for 25 episodes. I am looking forward to more.
• Dan Da Dan - This show continues to be an absolute delight. You never know what is going to happen week to week. The gorgeous animation has been a feast for the eyes as well.
• Loner Life Isekai - This has managed to keep my interest so far. It doesn’t reinvent the isekai wheel at all, but the characters are likeable enough. Also, I have realized I don’t remember as much of the beginning of this story as I thought.
• Negative Positive Angler - Lots of potential in this series, but it is taking things slow. I really hope that this one pays off.
• 365 Days to the Wedding - Super cute episode this past week. I hope we see more of Claudia going forward and that she wasn’t just introduced this episode to never appear again.
• Villainess Who Goes Down in History - I wonder what the MC’s definition of a villainess is sometimes all the time. Of what I have been watching, this is probably the one most on the chopping block. It has its humorous moments though, so I am hoping that they come more frequently after the time skip of this past episode.
• Appraisal Isekai Season 2 - This series continues to simply be a competently executed isekai with a fairly straightforward premise. This is far from the only isekai to have an appraisal theme (this series is specifically skill appraisal). However, it proves that you don’t need some kind of novel gimmick, but just some well-written characters put in interesting situations.
• Tower of God Season 2 - What can I say about this series other than that I am still watching in spite of the studio’s best efforts. I really like the characters in this show, but the plot has been a bit confusing recently, and the animation has been quite poor. So, I am hoping that they can at least deliver on some fun character moments.

Meta note: Next week’s thread is going to be the best OP/ED thread for the season. So, start thinking about it!

Umm, Hana, are you sure about that?

In any case, I just want to shout out Tsutsujimori as probably the best friend of the season. What other character do you see chasing their bud down until they can’t move any more in order to help them? This guy paid off Sasaki’s debt, gave him a job, a place to stay, and is helping him find a new hobby. All of that without even knowing that Sasaki only has 2 years left to live. Just give him the best boy award already.

I do hope that we see the debt collectors occasionally going forward. They were delightfully goofy. Maybe they can all fish together!

I laughed when I saw them talk about FOREX. I knew somebody that did that on the side and, wouldn’t you know it, they couldn’t outsmart the collective market and lost money.

Everybody needs a friend like him sometimes. One willing to chase you down and force you to accept help sometimes. Dude’s a total bro.

This show really does execute a pretty ordinary story really well. I have said before that my biggest annoyance about this series is how Ars gets so much credit from the powers that be for things that his retainers did (and he often played literally no part in). However, I think what makes it bearable is that Ars knows this. He is constantly saying that he didn’t do anything. If he wasn’t a humble Japanese person reincarnated and, instead, arrogantly assumed the credit, he would be a lot more insufferable.

It’s not a bad idea, but I just don’t know of a good way yet to catch these shows before it happens. I can’t keep track of every show in my head to know which ones are getting a batch release, and the AniList api doesn’t flag them in any way. I might try exploring some alternative apis to see what they are like, but it’s a nontrivial thing to swap out the backend of the bot.

I know that the reddit bot, holo, does some parsing of nyaa where it tries to match up torrent filenames to show titles to figure out which episodes have released. I might take a look at how that is implemented since rikka started out as a modified version of holo.

Cleaned up the mixup by the bot that created a thread for All-Guys Mixer too early. Episode 4 should be requestable now.

Yeah, that is an oopsie on my part. I will clean things up. Apologies!

War has begun and it’s time for Ars’s first battle. Fortunate for everybody involved, the army doesn’t need him to actually do anything except stand back and let his retinue do their thing. Impenetrable barrier? Time for some explosion magic from Megumin Charlotte. Worried about a pincer attack? Devise a counter-strategy with Rosell and Mireille. Outnumbered 5 to 1? Let Rietz loose. Ars? You stand over there and look cute. I would be worried about what Licia would do to them all if they let Ars get hurt.

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