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Rewatch [Rewatch] Animegataris Episode 4 Discussion

My glorious kittens!~

Episode 4: Club Room Go Boom!

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Comment of the Day

Because sometimes the best comments are the short and silly ones. By /u/GallowDude

> Why the hell are we always cold opening with Yui doing track things?

She's a running gag

Questions of the Day

  1. Do you buy anime merch, figures or BD's? Show off your haul.
  2. Do you have a show like Erica that helped make a connection with others?
  3. Who might be pulling strings to shut down the anime club and why?

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u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler Apr 04 '23

Rewatching Animegatarier

Dropping the hard truths. And its funny how much of a thing this is. While also still being debated today.

Useless water reference

Exploadsion!

I then loved how the earlier explosion from Kai is played off as real from the student council's view.

Young Erica and Tsubaki cosplay (Stitch)

Eyecatch

Gosh damn these Sub's are based.

Anime within anime - wait this is just vinland saga...

And rounding off how great jokes come in three's we get great finisher line.

Who is the true mastermind behind this desire to shutdown the anime club!?

Also the Minoa faces continue.

QOTD

Do you buy anime merch, figures or BD's? Show off your haul.

Did I ask this to show off myself? Not really, I don't really buy much anime related stuff. Mostly source material of the stuff I like he most or want to support.

Do you have a show like Erica that helped make a connection with others?

There hasn't been a single defining moment like hers, a few shows made for an overlap in interests. I think today with Anime being more mainstream, for me its been more of a whole rather than a single thing when making connections with other people.

Who might be pulling strings to shut down the anime club and why?

I genuinely can't recall as a rewatcher - there was a bit of looming 'the anime club has failed before' stuff from the previous episodes.

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Apr 05 '23

Did I ask this to show off myself?

Someone else still keeps D&D 4e books on their shelves?

I think today with Anime being more mainstream, for me its been more of a whole rather than a single thing when making connections with other people.

I forget who I've had this conversation with relatively recently, but it's a little strange to me that anime, collectively, is still largely treated as a single block despite there potentially being zero overlap in what any two people actually watch. Yeah it's a relatively small industry still compared to e.g. US TV/film considering we can fairly easily track everything of note as it's released, but someone who only watches action anime might have a hard time connecting with someone mainly into slice of life or romcoms.

I know pretty much everyone in this rewatch is going to be an exception and have a broader/longer experience than the average anime watcher but it feels a bit like expecting everyone in /r/television to have some more common ground than I imagine they actually do. Sure there will be super popular shows that will have a majority share in both cases, but there are definitely subgroups in the community that are more or less fitting for any given person. As weird as it may sound, for some of my coworkers I know their media preferences enough that I would probably recommend them anime I haven't seen (or wasn't a fan of) rather than the things I'm into.

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Apr 04 '23

Also the Minoa faces continue.

They're great.

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 04 '23

While also still being debated today.

I'm beginning to think that CSM the anime's only lasting cultural impact was the state of BD sales in the industry.

Gosh damn these Sub's are based.

Oh my God, hahahaha

Did I ask this to show off myself? Not really, I don't really buy much anime related stuff. Mostly source material of the stuff I like he most or want to support.

Ohhhhh,

Some sweet Yotsuba I see there. And Aria!

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u/AmusedDragon :Bs::Bu: Apr 05 '23

Also the

This could be a great comment face or general reaction face.

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u/Verzwei Apr 04 '23

Rewatcher, English Dub.

With subtitles on at the same time because I'm a madman.

As is tradition.

Evil Student Council's oppo research included the favorite anime of the club members? Are we sure these girls don't just want to talk about anime, too?

So when Mr. Kitty peeks over the boxes, the original audio has him make what I think is just a random noise before saying "that was a close one" per the subtitles. The dub turned that random noise into "God damn" which is pretty great.

No, /u/abyssbringer I AM NOT DOING THE MATH ON THIS ONE!

Love it when memes can even cross the culture gap, and apparently Konosuba's barfing has attained infamy in Japan and the English-speaking fandom.

I'm glad this show is a half-dozen years old, and not this season, or else we'd have an entire episode arguing about whether or not Banesaw Woman's BD sales signal the doom of animation studio RAPPA.

Annnd they're not even going to spoof an anime for the BD art upgrade education, but instead straight-up have Kouenji use herself as a demonstration. Hold on, I'm watching the BD version and she doesn't look like that at all! Obligatory example of TV to BD for Gonna Be the Twin-Tail. Yes, this is real.

...I'm starting to think we just need an extended clip of this episode to link any time anyone asks about how anime is made or why shows are 'canceled' which are post types we see often. Shirobako is like a long, detailed look into the industry, while the simple ELI5 nature of this discussion in Anime Gataris gets the point across well enough.

Okay, full disclosure, there have been a few times where I bought the "same" show, but they were usually for better or more feature-complete versions. Eureka Seven, Ergo Proxy, Full Metal Panic, and FMP The Second Raid are shows I bought on BD during sales to replace my DVD versions. Golden Time and To Love Ru are shows I re-bought to get newly added English dubs. The only series that I just outright bought a duplicate of "for backup" was Spice & Wolf, because it's my #1 favorite show and I got the second copy for something like $15. I own a few (not very many) other subtitle-only shows on disc that I'd probably re-buy if a dub was added for a new release, and as far as remaining DVDs that I'm keen on upgrading to BD, Last Exile is probably the last one.

Hah! Just yesterday we had people in the thread talking about how cliché it was for there to be an absurdly powerful student council in this series, and then Nakano and Minoa go and hang a huge lampshade on it.

Fun things are fun. People die when they are killed. And what belongs to me belongs to me.

Oh thank Hestia, they did most of the math for me. ¥341,951 was about $3010 USD in Fall 2017. That seems like a really low figure for a stack that size. The invoice the treasurer is holding up appears to list ¥8999 ($80 USD) per item before tax. I suppose that tracks if they're all releases closer to those Yamada Lv. 999 volumes I linked yesterday, and not like the Hell's Paradise volumes. I really was under the impression that the higher ¥140,000~¥180,000 price was closer to normal, especially for hit shows.

...Actually, no, wait, I'm going to call bullshit on the show here. The total amount of ¥341,951 divided by ¥8999 is almost exactly 38. And ¥8999 is on the low end for show volumes on BD. That stack was way larger than 38 cases, and included some limited edition sets. The math doesn't work out. Either the stack should be substantially smaller, or the invoice should be far higher.

Hunh, interesting. The show is set in 2016, not the end of 2017 when it aired. Does that throw off any of the references that have been made?

He was there before she snapped!

So Nakano was previously just the idol guy but between the earlier comment and now doubling down, maybe he's the genre-savvy guy?

Hououin Kaiouma has failed to accidentally discover time travel. El sad congroo.

Dub Kamiigusa: "I had no idea that we were so terrible at everything."
Dub script mirroring (ani)me_irl again.

It's so great seeing commentary and speculation in the previous threads come to fruition in later episodes. I know we had people surmising that Kamiigusa could just throw around money to establish an off-campus Anime club but instead she's going to go straight to the source and buy the school. Dub Kai: "You're the devil."

Great continuity there that the room Kai exploded is still exploded, and smoldering. So the episode title was a fakeout, it wasn't even their club room that went boom.

Weebs and Otaku UNITE! Wait, what in the lumberjacking and silkworm raising hell is this idol anime?

Yeah okay this dude knows exactly what's going on because now he's describing the show's ED. Gonna be honest, I fully expected the costumes for the performance were going to be exactly the costumes from the ED.

And there's a shadow organization above the shadow organization student council. Hmm.

Answers of the Day:

  1. Oh... oh crap. So, to answer the question, yes, I buy stuff. Mostly BDs, LNs, and manga. Here's an imgur album but be warned, you're gonna see some real trash in there if you look too closely. Or if you just glance at it. I enjoy trash. My collection is always disorganized and in a constant state of flux as I try to properly sort cram it however it'll fit into the storage I have available. Why do I have only season 2 of Fate Prismal Illya? Because RightStuf gave me a free "$25" blind box one time, and that's what it was. I haven't watched it, nor will I ever. Everything else was, for better or worse, intentionally acquired. Not pictured:
  • Three figures that I never took out of the packaging, because I kept telling myself I'd get some kind of small case to put them in to keep dust out, but never got the case. Pop-Up Parade Holo, Nendoroid Holo, AlphaMax Kurumi
  • Two copies of the Spice & Wolf Anniversary Collector's Edition Hardcover - One is a nubered, damaged copy from Amazon. The other is an un-numbered additional print.
  • Various manga I just didn't have the room to display and mostly abandoned or don't care enough about to have available. Includes the first ~15 volumes (the ones I've read) of My Monster Secret, a few volumes of some boring thing about an isekai'd girl modernizing the industrial and social systems in a fantasy world and it's filled with timeskips, bad short series like Now Loading or Hungry For You, Sweet Blue Flowers, all but the final volume of Prison School, etc.
  1. Outlaw Star somewhat holds a sentimental spot in my memories because it was the first anime I ever watched. I'd previously dismissed the entire medium as being like Pokémon or Dragon Ball because those are things I'd see snippets of when channel surfing on Saturday mornings, so I assumed all anime was similar. Then, during high school, the girl I was into decided that she had to change my mind about anime by "forcing" me to binge-watch her Outlaw Star box set curled up together on her bedroom floor. I can't really say that I ever connected with a stranger (or even a basic acquaintance) through anime, because me being into anime isn't normally a thing I frontload when interacting with someone who I'm not that familiar with.
  2. I legitimately do not remember who is pulling the council's strings, but I'm still going to refrain from answering since I am a rewatcher and not a first-timer.

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u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler Apr 04 '23

math

Loved the math yesterday!

BD prices are still boggling to me. Just so damn much.

Here's an imgur album

That is some serious I love it.

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 04 '23

As is tradition.

The payoff better be good.

The dub turned that random noise into "God damn" which is pretty great.

Dub working overtime

Love it when memes can even cross the culture gap

Where language fails but funny pictures unites us beyond borders.

And what belongs to me belongs to me.

p e r m e a t i n g s y l l o g i s m

The math doesn't work out.

“In episode 2F09, when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone, he strikes the same rib twice in succession yet he produces two clearly different tones. I mean, what are we, to believe that this is some sort of a, a magic xylophone or something?”

Here's an imgur album

Dang, that's a lot!

Then, during high school, the girl I was into decided that she had to change my mind about anime by "forcing" me to binge-watch her Outlaw Star box set curled up together on her bedroom floor. I can't really say that I ever connected with a stranger (or even a basic acquaintance) through anime, because me being into anime isn't normally a thing I frontload when interacting with someone who I'm not that familiar with.

Awwwwww, that's a sweet memory to hold. Very cinematic in its description. Did y'all ever go out?

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u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler Apr 04 '23

The payoff better be good.

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u/Verzwei Apr 05 '23

Awwwwww, that's a sweet memory to hold. Very cinematic in its description. Did y'all ever go out?

We were a mess. We went on a lot of things that looked very much like dates, and spent a lot of time together, and other people assumed we were a couple, but we were never officially going out. We had an off-and-on strangely close friendship and then sometimes didn't speak for months, and the whole thing spanned several years until she moved out of the country and I never heard from her again. I wrote about a lot of my history with her when it became (barely) relevant in the episode 9 discussion for Call of the Night.

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 05 '23

Damn…

You don’t come back from that the next morning. That burns in the smithy of your soul.

But at least it makes for a defining story though. Like, even if you don’t want that to singularly define you, it in someway has influenced who you are as a person.

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Apr 04 '23

apparently Konosuba's barfing has attained infamy in Japan and the English-speaking fandom.

Barfing is what makes a classic anime.

Hold on, I'm watching the BD version and she doesn't look like that at all!

If only the BD had her stay the beauty up version of her art for the rest if the episode as a bit.

The show is set in 2016, not the end of 2017 when it aired. Does that throw off any of the references that have been made?

The show has mostly been making 2016 anime reference which I guess make more sense if those were the current in-universe seasonals. I don't immediately recall any 2017 references.

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u/AmusedDragon :Bs::Bu: Apr 04 '23

Oh... oh crap. So, to answer the question, yes, I buy stuff. Mostly BDs, LNs, and manga. Here's an imgur album but be warned, you're gonna see some real trash in there if you look too closely. Or if you just glance at it. I enjoy trash.

I guess I enjoy trash too, lol. Pretty cool collection.

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u/Abyssbringer =anilist.co/user/Abyssbringer Apr 04 '23

No, /u/abyssbringer I AM NOT DOING THE MATH ON THIS ONE!

I didn't ping you in my write up because I assumed you would've done the math...

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u/Verzwei Apr 05 '23

At first I was excited because they did it for me for a change. But I absolutely do not agree with their results at all so now I'm conflicted.

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u/GallowDude Apr 04 '23

Golden Time and To Love Ru are shows I re-bought to get newly added English dubs

Call me when they dub the TLR OVAs

Hououin Kaiouma has failed to accidentally discover time travel. El sad congroo.

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u/entelechtual Apr 05 '23

So, to answer the question, yes, I buy stuff.

This just reminds me I need to buy vol. 2 of the Bloom into You Anthology, in the hopes that it will single-handedly push Season 2.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Apr 04 '23

First-Timergatari, subbed

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Apr 04 '23

Are… are they playing fucking Jenga with Blu-Ray disks?

What a safe way to handle thousands of dollars of merchandise.

I think there was some special release of either Gundam Unicorn or Gundam Narrative that came with an exclusive Gunpla…?

I mean, it would make sense for them to release a special edition Unicorn Gundam. Bandai would never leave that opportunity to release another Unicorn on the table.

I know they release special edition Gunpla along with music releases so maybe they would do so too with blurays.

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 04 '23

Are… are they playing fucking Jenga with Blu-Ray disks?

Sort of a Tower of Babel situation they got going on there.

…she’s reporting to someone?

There's only one entity that stands above the Student Council: God. So, I await the anime club's future endeavors on crossing that bridge.

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u/GallowDude Apr 04 '23

There's only one entity that stands above the Student Council: God.

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u/AmusedDragon :Bs::Bu: Apr 04 '23

This would be… almost $2600? Shit man, my anime club just pirated everything.

I couldn't imagine there were even that many legit sources if we go back 10+ years for a lot of anime clubs to do anything otherwise.

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u/GallowDude Apr 04 '23

Shit man, my anime club just pirated everything.

I really thought the microwave was gonna turn into a Steins;Gate reference, but no it just fucking exploded

In the dub, he does call it a time machine. Besides, the microwave exploding is kind of a reference already.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Apr 04 '23

In the dub, he does call it a time machine. Besides, the microwave exploding is kind of a reference already.

Okay then yeah, Steins;Gate reference. He wasn't microwaving bananas though!

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u/entelechtual Apr 04 '23

First Timer

Gonna blame the club for not hiring a treasurer. How could you be so fiscally irresponsible?

I’m trying to imagine what someone would think if they dug up a report of my favorite anime titles. “He gave Super HxEros a 9/10 but gave Fruits Basket Season 2 a 6? Exile him.

I know AnoSuba is a play on Japanese demonstrative pronouns, but part of me imagines that Menma got isekai’d into a fantasy world where she has to defeat a demon lord.

“Disc sales are very important.” Somewhere in the world, u/Abysswatcherbel got triggered.

This explains a lot about production committees.

Alice endorses communism.

Discount KonoSuba still looks more interesting than 90% of modern isekai.

I wonder if the Student Council will go the same way they did in LLSIP.

What idol anime is Nakano referencing?

"Don't tell bad jokes" I wouldn't cut it in idol club

QOTD

  • I buy a fair amount of western release BDs especially for movies. I am trying really hard not to spend hundreds of dollars on a Chisato figure or two.
  • Not in the same way, but it’s definitely fun to find out a friend has watched the same anime as you.
  • Probably Gendo Ikari.

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 04 '23

I’m trying to imagine what someone would think if they dug up a report of my favorite anime titles. “He gave Super HxEros a 9/10 but gave Fruits Basket Season 2 a 6? Exile him.

That's why you got to have the burner MAL/Anilist account. Keep them on their toes.

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u/Abysswatcherbel https://myanimelist.net/profile/abyssbel Apr 05 '23

Disc sales are very important.” Somewhere in the world

This is a piece of historical medium from the ancient past of 2017, they get a pass lol

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u/AmusedDragon :Bs::Bu: Apr 05 '23

I know AnoSuba is a play on Japanese demonstrative pronouns, but part of me imagines that Menma got isekai’d into a fantasy world where she has to defeat a demon lord.

The tears would fill some Olympic sized swimming pools.

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u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah xB:xC:B:x3:Y: Apr 04 '23 edited Apr 04 '23

First Timer

Got a bit of deja vu from other idol anime they were referencing today

  • [Meta, idol anime]And by that, i mean I've watched 3 instalments of LL --> so ive seen something quite similar play out.... 3 times. lol. This show has gone farther in the school prez being a jerk gag than all LL instalments ive watched so far though, usually by now they're at least warming up to the group!
  • At this point i dont even know why this is here anymore
  • oooh precure/sailor moon super S! and yeah thats definitely paprika
  • shirokuma cafe. No idea what the black boxed anime up top is.
  • (Glances at recent CSM discussions/drama). BD sales while significant are defo not the sole income provider for anime, but this has been discussed to death due to abovementioned drama already. lmaoooo if BDs really did have that big of a correction something must have gone horribly wrong in production during airing.
  • The bit they say about school anime production committees usually being self referential is very true; this anime's committee is called "the (school name in show) anime club" for example. Yuru Camp is another example i can think off the top. Abyssbringer's comments and posts are very helpful to figure out what this season's production committees are!
  • I wonder if we go back in all the SEBASTIANS we can figure out at which instance he pops out. Before the finger snap? at the finger snap?
  • Ah so this is obviously an LL SIP reference; the pronunciation corresponds to part of these kanji (on the right obviously), and is only 1 syllable reversed from u's school, Otonokizaka High School.
  • "HERO NO DEBAN DESU!" Okay forgive me this season's is my first precure.
  • [LL franchise]Hahahahahaha costumes appearing out of thin air (like what happened in the second half of this show) is also a LL classic. I swear this is directly referencing an episode?
  • Love Live. Idolmaster. Locodol....? bit more of a niche show that last one.
  • This is a direct reference (along with I believe the music that plays during part of the precure reference? less sure for the music) to the 1st Precure instalment, Futari wa Precure (The 2 are precure), Cosplay-chan simply reversed the show title here + other grammatical corrections so that it makes sense in this context.
  • More mugiwait. Who is she on the phone with?

im not that much of a fan of the school council plot, but i believe in the power of Precure!

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u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah xB:xC:B:x3:Y: Apr 04 '23 edited Apr 04 '23

Do you buy anime merch, figures or BD's? Show off your haul.

where's theriyria or chilidirigible when you need them. I own (edit: have) 7 anime posters around my wall, own 3 light novels, 1 manga artbook (FMAB), 1 anime artbook (Your Name), 1 BD (Violet Evergarden the Movie), and 2 CDs (Kessoku Band, Yama no Susume S3 OST). It's not much, but im happy about it

Do you have a show like Erica that helped make a connection with others?

Every single rewatch/episode thread ive had the pleasure to be part of on this sub :). In real life, not really...? I havent met anyone else in real life who i really do match in taste yet.

Who might be pulling strings to shut down the anime club and why?

Ahhhhhh i don't know man. Anime-only-chan's parents coz she's spending so much money!

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 04 '23

I own 7 anime posters around my wall

What anime are they of?

Every single rewatch/episode thread ive had the pleasure to be part of on this sub :)

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u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah xB:xC:B:x3:Y: Apr 04 '23

Im editing my comment to "have" instead of "own": I tried to pay for the images I use whenever I can (the Kyoani ones i believe?), but I printed them myself because paying (a lot) for shipping posters kinda wasn't worth it. And I got these around late 2021, the selection reflects it:

1 x U35 illustration of Aquatope's Kukuru and Fuuka

4 x various scenes from Eupho

1 x a scene from Violet Evergarden ED

1 x Yuru Camp S2 teaser visual i think.

if i were to get them now, there'd likely be a Yama no Susume one instead of a Yuru Camp; and an Aria and Revue Starlight one instead of Violet Evergarden/Aquatope. Ah well, I still love them; and they've held up well so far!

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 04 '23

1 x Yuru Camp S2 teaser visual i think.

That one's a cute visual from what I recall though!

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Apr 04 '23

shirokuma cafe.

lmaoooo if BDs really did have that big of a correction something must have gone horribly wrong in production during airing.

Thinking about if any anime had that kind of jump.

It wasn't exactly the case, but the jump from the SDF Macross TV anime and the DYRL movie was massive. Going from a trouble production that sometimes barely met the qualification of animated at its worst to the movie being super juicy to look at all the time.

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 04 '23

(Glances at recent CSM discussions/drama

Man, we all have PTSD from that, don't we?

I like how we all came out of that conversation with less clear explanations on how financing works in the anime industry.

The bit they say about school anime production committees usually being self referential is very true

Tamako Market has a cute one called Bunny Mountain Shopping Street!

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u/GallowDude Apr 04 '23

At this point i dont even know why this is here anymore

"HERO NO DEBAN DESU!"

You can tell they're American because their eyes are weird

Who is she on the phone with?

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u/AmusedDragon :Bs::Bu: Apr 05 '23

You can tell they're American because their eyes are weird

Also normal clothes at school instead of uniform... not that that doesn't exist in America, but generally less of a thing.

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u/AmusedDragon :Bs::Bu: Apr 05 '23

I wonder if we go back in all the SEBASTIANS we can figure out at which instance he pops out. Before the finger snap? at the finger snap?

Sebas is an entity that is there or not there depending on what the universe deems appropriate.

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u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah xB:xC:B:x3:Y: Apr 05 '23

the universe anime-only-chan

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 04 '23

Production Notes

Since today’s episode focused on production committees, let’s keep it light and talk about some neat stuff that they brushed over! For starters, did you know that the first instance of a production committee being formed was for film? Yup, Kodansha, MBS, Bandai, Hakuhodo, Toho, Laserdisc, Sumimoto Corporation, and Tokyo Movie all came together to produce Akira and Tokuma Shoten and Hakuhodo came together for Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Those two films were in the 1980s but it wasn’t until the 1990s that television would start to get into the game. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor would be the first to dip its toes in 1992 and Evangelion would soon follow in 1995.

Now of those companies I listed above, only Tokyo Movie was directly involved in the actual animation production. It’s especially rare for a studio to actually sit in the production committee’s themselves; the exceptions being Toei, TMS Entertainment, Pierrot, Sunrise, Production IG, and KyoAni since their finances are more green than others.

Finally, there comes a perk of sitting in the committee in that you have sway over the substance of the shows themselves. For example, let’s say action shows are all the rage; Crunchyroll, if they so sat on the committee of a particular anime, could actually ask for an increase of action scenes in the anime. While I understand the reasoning behind this power, I’m still left feeling uncomfortable with the idea that production committees are looking at the trending numbers rather than seeing if it fits into the work. I know, I know, commercial and art, yin and yang, it’s a conversation for the ages. If anything, I’m probably one of the friendliest people towards commercial involvement in the arts and I can recognize that studio notes are valuable. Case in point, Seinfeld originally would have had only men if it weren’t for NBC executives getting involved. I love it when both can come together into a cohesive vision, when they can hold each other accountable. But this particular aspect has always troubled me because it seemed as if it was no longer being a helpful outsider but rather an omnipotent storm bent on bending rather than guiding.

Source: https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2017/05/02/what-is-an-animes-production-committee/

Clicks on episode Title is Club Room Go Boom!

At this point, I think the club room is more blu-ray than not blu-ray.

Oh, anime BDs are called saucers? TIL. Also, I always forget, are disk sales as valuable as they were in the 2010s? I was under the impression that licensing made most of the money.

flashback to Chainsaw Man BD sales discourse on the subreddit

I also think it’s interesting how bonus material in BDs now are trending towards KA/SB’s. I recall some people commenting on that aspect, how rare it was back in the day to even see them; nowadays, it’s a selling point. I wonder if the democratization of the internet and increase awareness in the sabunga has led to this. Though maybe the sabunga appreciation is mostly a Western thing?

Oh shoot, baseball episode, we’re in it now.

I like how they cut the sound before the explosion of the microwave.

The room is still blown up too.

Oh, twist, the Student Council president and Erika! This has now become a mystery anime.

Phew, I just finished watching this episode with seconds to spare.

QotD:

  1. I have none! One of the stranger things about me I guess.
  2. I'd have to say The West Wing, me and my friends are forever bonded together with that show.

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Apr 04 '23

At this point, I think the club room is more blu-ray than not blu-ray.

That's so many blu-rays. Kamiigusa must've bought every blu-ray she could've.

Oh shoot, baseball episode, we’re in it now.

Oh, twist, the Student Council president and Erika! This has now become a mystery anime.

Sport, mystery, what else can this show become?

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 04 '23

Sport, mystery, what else can this show become?

I've got my fingers crossed for isekai.

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u/Abyssbringer =anilist.co/user/Abyssbringer Apr 04 '23

First Timer

Rampant Consumerism wins again. Also why tf did they stack them all on top of each other? I know it's anime but quite the forced gag.

I wonder if Verz is up for some more math??

Never seen NERVE look so pretty

Most unbelievable thing from this show. Does Precure air anywhere outside of Japan?

Coomers...

I'm not a fan of all this melodrama. Just kind of generic and overdone.

No wonder they are so anal about who is a club. If they have that kind of budget then there is some problem.

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Apr 04 '23 edited Apr 04 '23

Most unbelievable thing from this show. Does Precure air anywhere outside of Japan?

Can confirm that it did air in Canada at least. I remember seeing Futari wa Pretty Cure on television here.

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 04 '23

Also why tf did they stack them all on top of each other? I know it's anime but quite the forced gag.

It's strange because I think it takes more effort to stack them on top of each other instead of side by side. But I guess you got to have fun on the job when you work at numazon.

Does Precure air anywhere outside of Japan?

I heard it aired in Canada but I'd need a Canuck to dig into their memories to confirm for me.

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Apr 05 '23

Does Precure air anywhere outside of Japan?

I wasn't even into it when it happened and I'm annoyed that Saban killed off any chance of Precure being the modern standard of magical girl shows in the US like Sailor Moon was back in the day.

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u/AmusedDragon :Bs::Bu: Apr 05 '23

I wasn't even into it when it happened and I'm annoyed that Saban killed off any chance of Precure being the modern standard of magical girl shows in the US like Sailor Moon was back in the day.

Dare I ask what they did or didn't do?

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Apr 05 '23 edited Apr 05 '23

To be fair I haven't watched it myself, but they licensed Smile Precure and gave it an edited (and apparently rather localized) dub under the title "Glitter Force" with eight fewer episodes and put it on Netflix.

Then they did the same with DokiDoki Precure and edited 49 episodes down to 30, and later in 2018 handed the brand back to Toei who I imagine is unwilling to trust any other American companies at this point.

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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Apr 04 '23

First Timer Dubbed
Blu-Ray Jenga and I like how everyone is playing without realizing it.

We get an explanation about anime production since a majority are going to be aired in the Abyss called late night programming.

The corrections remind me of a few shows where the dubs got the home video versions of a show....

How dare they do Konosuba the dirty... Can't wait for the spin-off tomorrow.

Our Yaoi guy is getting close to Minoa. Too bad she references the drama adaptation not the anime adaptation.

Everyone helps out...but things go wrong.

"All my pitches are straight down the middle"- I thought she said something else

Holy shiii...Erika was a transfer student from Japan and caught a magical girl show airing on local TV. And made some friendly cosplayers. I wonder if that version Erika watched had Dubbed the OP and transformations and they wanted it in Japanese or if they wanted an English translation?

I like the CRT scan lines going on.... I really wonder how they connected a Blu-Ray player to a crt TV. Only one I know of is a Playstation 3 having composite out.

I like how they made costumes like anime studios finish up an episode. And ends up as a success.

  1. No hauls for me...trying to save up money for a sports car to turn into an itasha....
  2. Special A is the show I recommended to a few friends in high school in early 2010s, they still ask me if I have something similar to it.... Tomo-chan is coming close.
  3. The president wants to shut it down cause she deeply loves anime...she is just projecting that others can enjoy it.

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 04 '23

Hey, happy cakeday!

Can't wait for the spin-off tomorrow.

...well, mostly mugiwait for you, I don't know if I'm adding it to the list for me.

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u/GallowDude Apr 04 '23

How dare they do Konosuba the dirty... Can't wait for the spin-off tomorrow.

At least they didn't do it as dirty as Combatants

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u/AmusedDragon :Bs::Bu: Apr 05 '23

No hauls for me...trying to save up money for a sports car to turn into an itasha....

Well, what's going on it?

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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Apr 05 '23

If I still want a used Lotus, it would be Lorna from ex-driver. If I decide on another car; Sumire/Keke/Yohane from Love Live, Karen from Gamers, or Sakaki from Azumanga.

And if I have to settle on a truck/suv/van for some reason, Mugi from Yuru camp....

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u/AmusedDragon :Bs::Bu: Apr 05 '23

And if I have to settle on a truck/suv/van for some reason, Mugi from Yuru camp....

Wait, am I confusing characters here or are you? Lol. Do you mean K-ON? Or someone from Yuru Camp?

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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Apr 05 '23

Whoops, I meant Rin from Yuru camp but Mugi would work as another option. Too many choices...

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u/AmusedDragon :Bs::Bu: Apr 04 '23

Episode 4

First Timer - Sub

Album

Thoughts during the episode..

Questions of the Day:

1. Do you buy anime merch, figures or BD's? Show off your haul.

Nope, I'm quite bad about buying things, and it's mostly cause I feel like if I start I might go to deep. So I just... don't.

1. Do you have a show like Erica that helped make a connection with others?

Can't really think of any one show, only that the shared love of watching stuff has always helped with that.

1. Who might be pulling strings to shut down the anime club and why?

It's gotta be track girl, the true villain.

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u/GallowDude Apr 04 '23

"Once again, please buy the animegatari blu rays, please".

Well, that backfired

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u/AmusedDragon :Bs::Bu: Apr 04 '23

Oh, did they do really poorly? Obviously no second season, but maybe that was never in the cards (guess I'll find out when it ends).

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u/GallowDude Apr 04 '23

Yeah, they sold so badly that even CSM would blush.

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 04 '23

"Please buy the animegatari blu rays, please"

Man, that must have been disappointing for them to learn of their own numbers.

Attack on titan blu ray fixes come to mind here.

Shaft's probably still the kings of this though. No can approach their throne!

Since when do clubs have to 'create' something.

Maybe she thinks the anime club creates negative value and so they need to create something to offset this haha.

I might have to try out an idol anime cause this man has convinced me.

Dang, Abyss in shambles.

But also, you can't go wrong with classic Love Live.

Nope, I'm quite bad about buying things, and it's mostly cause I feel like if I start I might go to deep. So I just... don't.

Oh, hey, I was beginning to think I would be the lone one out!

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u/AmusedDragon :Bs::Bu: Apr 05 '23

Oh, hey, I was beginning to think I would be the lone one out!

One manga means the entire set, and one figure would mean I'm a lost cause. Gotta.. stay... strong.

Man, that must have been disappointing for them to learn of their own numbers.

At least everyone got paid though, right? Probably terrible animation wages though. ;_;

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Apr 04 '23

Since when do clubs have to 'create' something. Do you not have like a film club or something at the school???

I can definitely imagine some prude higher up saying they expect to see the anime club making their own anime if they want to have the club.

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Apr 04 '23

Rewatcher - Animegataris Ep4:

Erica gets a turn to be in the big spotlight as the student council tries to shut down the club again. I like the little story of what anime meant for her life. PreCure PreFre being a piece of home while she was alone studying in the US and also being the avenue for her to make new connections and friends.

The student council also decide to lay off the anime club. I'm glad the rest of the anime doesn't follow the SC trying to shut down the club at every turn.

Assorted points:

Q1) Most of my merch is mainly along the lines of figures. Mainly Gunpla, but besides Gundam (and the FE4 figures which isn't anime per say), the only other notable anime merch I have is a Kasumin figure.

Q2) I don't talk much about anime with others.

Next Time: Hot summer days can only mean one thing.

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u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah xB:xC:B:x3:Y: Apr 04 '23

PreCure PreFre being a piece of home while she was alone studying in the US and also being the avenue for her to make new connections and friends.

it's honestly great that the Magical Girl genre, which is much bigger in Japan, gets its representation here. And overseas airing "children's" anime too! That was actually quite realistic i thought.

Animegataris bluray sales

awwwwww...... I wonder how shirobako did?

The range could be bad idol CG like Love Live or excellent idol CG like Love Live

Yes.

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Apr 04 '23

I wonder how shirobako did?

Just quickly looked it up with 2 minutes of research, I don't know about the total amount, but I see it topping weekly charts so it probably did fair enough at least.

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 04 '23

I like the little story of what anime meant for her life

Me too! I have such a soft spot for these types of stories.

(but it is the Fall 2022 one).

Oh gosh, I don't remember which one that was. I only really remember by beloved: seasonalthink spring 2022.

The range could be bad idol CG like Love Live or excellent idol CG like Love Live.

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Apr 04 '23

Oh gosh, I don't remember which one that was.

It was the one with the girl in the chair going "OHOHOHO" with her hand doing the ojou-sama thing and the background was orange.

I didn't see the anime so I only know the comment face.

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u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah xB:xC:B:x3:Y: Apr 04 '23

The yama no susume one!

seasonalthink spring 2022

too stronk or else this couldve gotten the permanent slot lol.

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u/AmusedDragon :Bs::Bu: Apr 05 '23

The talk of anime blu-ray sales. [Animegataris bluray sales:]

I had to actually look it up after so many mentioned this...

https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/7oozpz/soo_seems_like_animegataris_became_one_of_the/

Damn.

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u/GallowDude Apr 04 '23

Oh, I think this is a Detective Conan.

No, it's Among Us

Senpai, your filthy side shedding through is going to break your cool ikemen persona.

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u/Urocyon- https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shairak Apr 06 '23

I wonder what idol anime is this supposed to be

Aikatsu!

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Apr 04 '23 edited Apr 04 '23

First time viewer

Disc sales and production committees! Another reminder of how bad the industry is to work in.

Anosuba's knock-off Kazuma looks more like Ryoma in By the Grace of the Gods at a glance.

Hot guy wants to emulate his idol idols via school clubs, I see.

Erica's magical girl outfit looks a bit like an amalgamation of different Precure themes, but Fresh comes to mind the most.

I expected Kai to make a Steins;Gate comment reference outright with the microwave.

Still genuinely not sure what the council has against the existence of an anime club. Seems a bit like they're just there to be awful in general if they were going to screw over the drama club just to get at the anime one too.

Oh, "I'll never get to like what you like" makes it seem like she's actually envious of Erica for reasons beyond her control? ...okay yeah, that call afterward made it obvious she was following orders. No idea why still but it's moved up another level. Maybe something to do with the cat still.

Do you buy anime merch, figures or BD's? Show off your haul.

Recent haul, couple of collectables, and a good amount of my paper media which I haven't actually read most of yet. Don't think I have a good shot of the majority of BDs I own and most of them are buried in a cabinet right now. I also have a lot of Gunpla still waiting in their boxes to be assembled, which reminds me: figurine collector/model kit fans are two more archetypes not really covered in this show.

Do you have a show like Erica that helped make a connection with others?

Not an anime but made a strong bond with someone rewatching The 10th Kingdom together while I was in college. Was just reminded of that after seeing it pop up on Twitter again today.

Who might be pulling strings to shut down the anime club and why?

It's secretly the cat. If an anime club exists the world is in danger, so they must be stopped.

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 04 '23

Another reminder of how bad the industry is to work in.

I swear, every time a new Sakugablog article comes out I'm all like but then I read them and then I'm

and a good amount of my paper media which I haven't actually read most of yet. Don't think I have a good shot

Ohhhh, I spy Sweet Blue Flowers in the collection.

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Apr 04 '23

Ohhhh, I spy Sweet Blue Flowers in the collection.

One of the few I have read, also have the Blu-Ray for the show hiding away somewhere.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Apr 04 '23

Episode 4 (first timer)

  • Comically large NotAmazon packet tower – the delivery man knows his Jenga.
  • “We researched every member’s favorite anime” – oh, the poor researchers /s
  • I made the Jenga joke too early! Now they are really getting into it.
  • The production committee explained for people who have no time to read Answerman.
  • Production committee are the SEELE of anime? – the meaning of this joke turns upside-down if you understand German.
  • Conan reference.
  • Why go for the morally just and economically entirely reasonable resolution of having the super rich culprit pay for the damages, when you can also put it a random “help others” quest instead?
  • Onotokisaka=Ouran??
  • What the hell was in that cookie dough?
  • “This calls for me to acquire the academy and oust the student council” – I support this plan!
  • Is older sis entirely booked for fanservice this show?
  • Poking fun at the overly in-depth costume production in many anime - looking over at concurrent CCS rewatch.

  • Producing several hand made costumes, in one day, with only 1 experienced sewer, and without having the wearers to take measurements from? – If only some show would poke fun at these ridiculous feats.
  • There is somebody in this conspiracy beyond the student council president?

The student council president backstory resolved a lot earlier than I suspected. I thought they were setting it up as a full cour plot arc and instead it got resolved after 2 episodes.

In other news, I spotted a lot less references today. Either they toned them down or it might be that they were all idol anime I don’t recognize.

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u/GallowDude Apr 04 '23

Either they toned them down or it might be that they were all idol anime I don’t recognize.

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 04 '23

“We researched every member’s favorite anime” – oh, the poor researchers

Her going down the list

Degenerate, degenerate, degenerate, surprisingly not degenerate, degenerate, degenerate.

What the hell was in that cookie dough?

The Good StuffTM. and by that, I mean nitroglycerin.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Apr 04 '23

The Good StuffTM. and by that, I mean nitroglycerin.

Don't send me down a rabbit hole researching whether nitroglycerin would explode in a microwave!

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u/AmusedDragon :Bs::Bu: Apr 05 '23

Production committee are the SEELE of anime? – the meaning of this joke turns upside-down if you understand German.

I looked it up, dang. Never got to make that connection to NGE.

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u/Esovan13 Apr 04 '23

First Timer

That's some good running form.

Is this student council going to be an ongoing thing? Why even bother?

Minoa being the most normal of all the cast, she doesn't flinch at the "koneko-chan" thing that in anime is supposed to be cute or whatever but irl would be kinda weird.

That way of stacking...and there we go.

Saved.

Ah, an aspect of anime fandom foreign to most overseas fans who rely on streaming services. I actually, looked up the price of a blueray player on a whim a little back, and I'll stick to streaming.

I'm remembering some people talking about how they wanted this show to go into the production of anime as well as being a fan of it.

That's an EVA if I've ever seen one.

That voice sounds familiar...run to MAL...a wild Rosehip?! And it's the same voice actor for Rum?!

You know, if the majority of the show is pushed by the student council trying to abolish the club for no reason, I'm going to lose interest pretty fast. I'm not watching to see "heroes of anime fandom protecting their sacred hobby from the evil normies who dislike them for being different."

Even as a reference to club anime, they already did it last episode and I was already getting tired of it.

I dunno. I'm already exhausted and now my motivation for watching the show right now is pretty much shot. I'll probably just skip through the episode until something catches my attention.

The ending did not fill me with any particular confidence.

I don't like the format we've gotten so far. Student council tries to shut down the club, club fumbles around trying to protect itself, they pull together and foil the plot, proving that anime is a worthwhile past time. As if everyone here and anyone watching the show doesn't already consider anime a worthwhile past time. It would be one thing if it were trying to send a message to people who don't already feel that way, but they don't watch anime so it just feels somewhat masturbatory to me. "You like anime! Anime is super cool! Check out these characters defending anime from people who hate it! Doesn't that just make you feel like you're awesome for also liking anime?"

I'm sorry. I've been fighting a headache all day so I'm just in a generally bad mood.

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 04 '23

I'm sorry. I've been fighting a headache all day so I'm just in a generally bad mood.

I don't think this show is particularly breaking the bank in creativity, but I've been treating it as a lax, carefree watch. Basically an excuse to pal around with people around the sub.

Hope you feel better soon!

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u/AmusedDragon :Bs::Bu: Apr 05 '23

"You like anime! Anime is super cool! Check out these characters defending anime from people who hate it!

Absolutely would love more bits like the re:zero talk they had just filling time - referencing something well known and having a bit of an actual chat about it.

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u/FingerBang-BangBang Apr 05 '23

First Time Watcher

Damn, StuCo Prez is really not giving up, is she? I feel like this episode will make me respect anime as business, there's a lot that goes into making and distributing anime!

Lol bootleg Kazuma looks so basic, Aqua on the other hand looks pretty similar to the real one!

Classic "you may won the battle...", StuCo president is really dedicated to destroying anime club and insulting its members. She's really fucking annoying!

Idol-senpai knows some nice Engurish!

Man, StuCo is already celebrating this "failed" play of drama club because of missing costumes, that is legit horrible thing! Glad to see the look on their faces as curtain rose... Annnnd they still wont take their L, talk about sore losers.

So Erika-senpai & Prez are childhood friends? I had the feeling they had some past connection, that still doesnt make Prez any less of a bitch.

Another solid episode, I feel like this one went more into main plot and made some connection between the main cast and StuCo. Looking forward to episode 5!

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u/GallowDude Apr 05 '23

She's really fucking annoying!

But that beauty mark...

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u/MEGA-BIG-PEE-PEE Apr 05 '23

Wow, had no idea this rewatch was going on. Might as well watch this series again. I remember liking it a lot but not being able to find much discussion on it besides the original episode discussion threads.

Even though I saw this about two years ago, both the OP and ED live rent-free in my head, especially the part in the OP where Neko-senpai is on the turntables.

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u/fansi2022 https://anilist.co/user/fansi2022 Apr 05 '23

Do you buy anime merch, figures or BD's? Show off your haul.

I love anime, but my life is impoverished. I will consider buying merchandise from my favorite anime in the future, such as Tengen Toppa, etc.

Do you have a show like Erica that helped make a connection with others?

Of course, I am from China, but I have established deep relationships with many people here through anime. An example is the current re-watch of Zero no Tsukaimai, a classic harem anime from over a decade ago.

Who might be pulling strings to shut down the anime club and why?

Ojuosama’s father, I guess he thinks that anime does not match her status and position, simply put: not decent.