Topic: Anime & Manga (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

Which anime is better Tsubasa or Slam Dunk? Right now watching both on Netflix alway's loved basketball but never really cared for soccer in the slightest since I was little. Watching Tsubasa more for the storyline & not so much as the yayy soccer thing. Slam Dunk defently into both because of the humor, storyline, & basketball. Even watched bits of Slam dunk in the 90's after school English translated version on cartoon network was thrilled to find the whole series on Netflix on season 4 right now. 🤣

@Barbiegurl777
Slam Dunk if you really don't want to watch soccer anime that will hurt your feeling every second you watch.
Better watch Slam Dunk with original Japanese voice acting + English subtitles for the best experience.

@Anti-Matter

Uhhh. The storyline is interesting. Kind of ironic I picked up Tsubasa nintendo switch game at Walmart for a penny on a whim before watching the anime. I might keep watching the anime just to more so understand the game in general. Thinking will finish Slam Dunk first. Anyone know if there's a slam dunk game on the switch related to the anime or a basketball game even remotely close to it? As for watching Slam Dunk on Netflix already watching I with Japanese voice acting & English subtitles. Watch both dramas & animes all the time with English subtitles so not a big deal. 🤷‍♀️

@Barbiegurl777
There will be cartoonish Basketball game by Outright Games this September.
Check out my Outright Games thread.

I don't know where else to bring this up, so I'll do it here. I've been watching Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire on Hoopla a lot lately. I just started Battle Frontier, season 9 of the overall Pokémon anime, which is when the new voices started coming in. The thing is, I overall like both the old voices and the new voices, but Ash does sound really off. I'm so glad that the newer Ash actor gets better later on 🤣 (I've already watched most of the Pokémon anime after Ruby and Sapphire).

Anime:

For movies I've recently watched Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F & Dragon Ball Super: Broly after I picked them up on Blu-Ray at a local media store awhile ago. Both still really fun films. Have also recently gotten in my pre-ordered copies of City Hunter: Angel Dust & Vampire Hunter D, which I haven't watched yet but am looking forward to.

For series, I'm just about ready to finish up the last in a trio of fanservice schlock I acquired recently (Ladies VS Butlers, Kanokon, & Queen's Blade: Rebellion), and while they were fun guilty pleasures I'm looking forward to getting into something a bit more sincere & wholesome, and as such I have a copy of Kimagure Orange Road which should be arriving today.

Manga:

Mostly been spending the past several months reading through Dragon Ball & Z digitally on my Fire (just arrived at Cell's introduction), but new volumes of YashaHime: Princess Half Demon & Triage X have recently released, so I'll probably read those before continuing on.

Probably not many know about this, but this past summer, Toei Animation has been doing a livestream this past summer called the "Summer Weekend Splash" on YouTube. Every weekend, Toei Animation has been streaming episodes of Digimon, Pretty Cure (or Precure), Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo (I know I typed that wrong), and Magical DoReMi. Also, they've been uploading the episodes to their YouTube channel for those who missed the streams or want to re-watch episodes.

I've had fun re-watching Pretty Cure, an anime I saw originally as a sub on Crunchyroll, as a dub (aside from some westernization, the dub is surprisingly faithful to the original I watched). The one anime I fell in love with is Magical DoReMi.

Magical DoReMi came out 20 years ago on TV, and I can't believe I slept on it for this long. I have to say, I loved this whole show. It's about three girls, Dorie, Reanne, and Mirabelle, who become witchlings and practice magic. It was funny, cute, and full of heart. I know it's the dub version, but I'm happy I got to experience this series this past summer. It's become one of my favorite anime.

Honestly, I like it so much, I wouldn't mind watching the original Japanese version of it. Sadly I don't think any streaming service would consider showing it. Still happy I got to see the dub at least.

Oh I really like when that happens. Like Nozomi, which may or may not still exist, had uploads of like Lupin and Utena and they did a big reveal for putting out an actual official release for Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.

There's another company that has been uploading the couple of anime they have airing this season, but outside of episode 1 the episodes are only on Youtube for the first week. Been watching this yuri harem anime, which is novel just for being a yuri harem anime (though its more accurately a relatively normal modern cute girl comedy anime that just happens to be yuri).

@Sunsy Yeah I love watching those (and judging by my Digimon pfp, I think most of ya'll know what I tune in for)

@AmanPikon Nice to meet someone else who tuned into the streams, will be honest, I did put the stream on early to see some Digimon (use to watch it on TV. ).

The final Summer Weekend Splash stream is this weekend, because Pretty Cure and Magical DoReMi finished, they're adding some more Digimon to the final weekend with some Digimon Adventure 02 and Digimon Tamers episodes. Since you like Digimon, just thought I'd let you know.

As for Magical DoReMi, what a bittersweet ending to the series. Felt that ending after being there for the girls' witchling journey. I'm so thankful Toei did this stream, watched some old favorites, and an anime I missed out on when it was on TV.

@Sunsy Thanks for telling me (now I have to watch because Tamers is too good to skip)

My family recently finished watching an anime on Crunchyroll called The Detective Is Already Dead. I swear it is one of the weirdest, if not the weirdest anime I've ever watched. It is good though, I highly recommend it for anyone who is even slightly interested in unhinged stuff.

I've also been watching the Demon Slayer anime recently.