Topic: Anime & Manga (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

that last Foxy episode gets better every time I watch it. Oh god. I can't wait remember the last time I laughed that hard.

Same with me. Bleach bored me to death.

@CanisWolfred
You decide whether you'll watch a show by checking the opening?

Geeze.

I actually like the opening for Watamote.

Are you talking about just the opening of the entire show? Because if it's the latter, that seems like a somewhat petty reason for not watching the show.

Moving On: A quick update on some series I've been watching;

• Gatchaman Crowds: Episode 11 made me realized the major problem with this series; the plot is an extremely condensed and hastily-done rewrite of something much better. I'll elaborate when the series is done, but that's the opinion I feel confident in stating.
• Attack On Titan: I mean...wow. There is no hope or happiness in this series at all.
• Watamote: It's pretty amazing how the series is continuing its streak of loner humor. Also, as KKSlider has said, the specificity of the jokes makes the series writer seem too knowledgeable about the topics at hand.

The entire show. Say what you want, but it works for me every single time. I have yet to encounter a good show with an opening I didn't like, and vice versa. That said, I only use it as a last resort, when I'm indecisive about a show. Or more accurately, when I know a show is crap, but everyone keeps telling me otherwise...99 times out of 100, the opening's just as bad as the show.

Really, The closest thing to an exception I can think of is Fullmetal Alchemist's first theme, which I didn't enjoy much, but that may just be because I never heard it when I watched FMA on Adult Swim - They replaced most of the openings with the second one, except for the 4th opening, so as far as I'm concerned, FMA's second opening is the first, and it told me that the show was going to be good.

I suppose I didn't like the Berserk opening at first, but that might just be because I thought Forces was the opening. It didn't take long before the adorably cheesy engrish of the actual opening won me over, and the imagery if nothing else is well-reflective of how...low-budget the animation was at the time. Still not the best way to start such an epic show, but oh well.

Well...that does seem a pretty petty way to judge a show. I mean, some oepnings to good shows are meh, and there are bad shows with good intros.

Also, I loved DN OP 2, and I like Watamote's opening. Although they dont look the same.

I'd ask you to prove it, but you just proved to me that your music tastes don't really mesh with mine, so it'd be futile.

Well there are plenty of crap shows with good openings.

Well, I've never seen them. And probably never will. Since they don't exist.

there are many great shows with horrible openings... but I don't remember bad ones with good openings....

That I'd be more likely to believe, though again, I haven't seen any good anime shows with genuinely bad openings either.

Speaking of openings, why do some shows think that spoiler filled opening are a good idea? I try to completely skip Fair Tail openings because they are just spoilers. I love when shows have opening that represent things in the show down the road, but don't spoil anything, you simply get more out of the opening when you watch the opening after you've seen a certain event though. That's a sign of a good opening right there.

Now that I'm done with Lucky Star (sniffle) I feel a void...should I watch Melancholy of Haruhi Suzuiyama, K-ON, Azumanga Daioh, and shows like this? Are these ones any good? Any similar ones you can recommend? Slice of Life/Comedy/Moe?

Fairy Tail's openings annoy me for that very reason. I'm guessing they think their only audience are those who have kept up with the Manga or something...or maybe just poor planning.

omg Attack on Titan!

Anyone able to help me and my post Lucky Star sadness?

I just finished Gatchaman Crowds and I must say it left the story open to continue. it felt more like the end of a single arc than the end of the series....

@Rocko52 have you watched Minami-Ke? it might help with your post lucky star sadness. there's also "daily lives of highschool boys"(Danshi koukousei no nichijou) it is really fun and random!

These shows might help me:

Really what I'm looking for is a character driven comedy with not much plot, no action, etc, just a laid back slice of life type of thing.

I am looking for an anime though....cuz u know..it's mostly a Lucky Star type show.

But I do watch King of the HIll, sometimes.

Azumanga Daioh is probably what you're looking for. You probably don't want Haruhi, since last I checked, important things actually happen in that show...