Topic: Anime & Manga (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

You have no idea sir. While I try to be at least...sane, with how much anime I watch (usually just an episode a day) and I tend to get into the ridiculous long runners, I still haven't gotten through the beloved anime titles from the previous decade alone despite watching anime on the internet for like 6-7 years.

...I feel like the more I talk about anime, the less appealing I make it sound for anyone who wants a life :/

I mean, in...er...anime's defense(?), I've seen new and older anime too, and spent way too much time trying to watch anime that's 99% the same story-wise from the manga, and vice-versa (I mean, I love the Reborn! anime but there was no reason to watch it since I was already reading the manga which is the same thing barring the anime switching what happened when (I guess) and some censorship)

Well so far 20th Century Boys has been pretty good. The story's pacing is some of the best I've read in a while, just there are some scenes which get awkward on a crowded train where strangers might get a glimpse of my phone's screen :/

In between 20th Century Boys I've also been reading Holyland. It's alright, I guess.

@CanisWolfred I'm really curious about Toriko, it sounds like a lot of fun to watch without being too generic or idealistic. I'm not too big of a shounen fan since I get weary of idealistic adventure stories, but at the moment the two I'm most interested in are Toriko and Gintama. And imo HENNEKO wasn't that bad, but that's probably because I went in expecting a shameful pervert comedy and instead I got a character based comedy.

And looking at the Fall schedule... It seems like this'll be a catchup season for me! The only things which interest me are Non Non Biyori (Countryside SoL, which means I might as well finish Silver Spoon first) and Little Busters! Refrain (tentative, since I didn't like the drama in the first season but apparently Refrain is coming from superlative source material). And I guess if I was restricted to watch Fall Season stuff, I'd check out Kyoukai no Kanata and Golden Time. But there's so much stuff from the Summer season which I want to watch still...

I ended up getting a bad cold from the youth rally I got back from yesterday so I decided to go back to sergeant frog. I forgot what episode I was at so I just started at episode 40.
Oh how I missed watching Tamama >_<.

@Konata
Hi! Welcome back!

There are actually 8 shows I'm interested in, but I kinda doubt I'll watch any of them this year. Next year I plan to do a catch up routine, watching as much of my backlog as I can, inluding anime from this year.

I'm not planning on watching anything this fall. I'm still relatively new to this whole anime thing, so I'm just watching all the critically acclaimed ones, or the ones on Netflix. Fairy Tail doesn't fit into either of these, but I'm still enjoying it fairly well. I also started Gintama. To be honest, it's not that great right now. But apparently, it gets a lot better later on. (As is often the case with these super long running shows)

All that really interests me this Fall is:

Ace of Diamond (I've ever watched a sports anime before, but I love baseball)

and

Samurai Flamenco (because it looks like a weird tribute to Henshin Heroes)

Also, I was there was a new Gundam show, but then I heard it was about a competition with plastic Gundam models...

Boy, do I wish I could keep up with what's new in the anime world, like the rest of you guys, lol.

Still, I'll continue to enjoy what AS showcases on Toonami, and I'll continue reading the Bleach & History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi mangas.

Fairy Tail is on Netflix.

@RR529
Do you only watch anime via Toonami?

Pretty much. Although I also watch the occassional movie or OVA on our 360's YouTube app (although those tend to be older movies).

I used to watch a lot of shows online back when I had an iPod Touch, but it stopped working a couple of years ago, so I only have my 3DS to get online (which is why I mostly read manga now).

I believe only the first season though. I'm well past that.

@RR529

Huh, that's too bad. My laptop (which I'm on) I use for school, gaming, anime, internet browsing, video watching, etc.

I been watching the One Piece anime subs just wrapped up the Luffy & Ace back story. Something i didn't expect was the third member of there group VA sounded very familiar. I think it was Naruto's VA. It was so odd hearing Naruto talking to Luffy XD It's probably the closest were ever gonna get to a crossover.
isnt One Piece and Naruto made by different anime studios? I guess VA don't have exclusive contracts or something.

Finished up chapter 175 of History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi!

With the collapse of Ragnorok, two new villainous groups have appeared. Yami, a group of martial arts masters that rival Kenichi's masters in terms of power (and unlike his masters, believe martial arts is to be used for killing), and of more concern currently, Yomi, a group of Yami's disciples, who have their eyes set on killing Kenichi, and obtaining the title of "strongest disciple".

Feeling like they've been left far behind in terms of power (compared to Kenichi and Yomi's combatants), Kenichi's friends have all scattered, looking for masters of their own to hone their skills.

@ELI-ASH, I'm not sure who handles their respective anime adaptations, but both Naruto & One Piece are Weekly Shonen Jump properties, so a crossover probably isn't as unlikely as you'd think (and has already happened a couple of times, video game wise).

I found my big brother's old shonen jumps (Back from 2004!) and really like naruto and one piece..
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remember when shonen jumps were really big? they're those ones!

One Piece is animated by Toei Animation, while Naruto is done by Studio Perriot.

@Rocko52 and @ELI-ASH Anime studios don't usually own the rights to a story/character unless they're done in house. Often it's down to the mangaka and the publisher he/she decides to roll with. And voice actors aren't tied to anime studios, although some do form relationships and prefer to work alongside certain directors. I'm fairly sure they're cast the same way actors are cast in Western films.

That being said, most dubbing studios have their voice actors on contract. It's all pretty confusing to figure out who owns the rights to what once localisation kicks in (unless you're Australian, in which case MADMAN Entertainment owns everything ) but it's a nice surprise when you find out your favourite VA's/Directors/Studios are working together on a project.

Well I'm thinking I'm gonna take a break from One Piece after this arc, try to blow through Lucky Star and Soul Eater, and make room for Gurren Lagann, Attack on Titan, Silver Spoon, The Devil is a Part-Timer, Watamote, The Hentai Prince and the Stone Cat, Stella Women's Academy, and much more, etc.