Was glad last weekend to see a few of us get talking last weekend in the One Piece thread. Lemmy is way too dead when it comes to anime and manga talk. So let’s see what we need to be talking about.
What have you been watching, what is it, and why do you think it’s worth watching?
Dang, another I’ve been meaning to check out. Looks like it’s from the Ranma 1/2 people. I didn’t know there was a new one. Did you like the new it is one better?
To-love Ru I watched this year after all the Gintama references to it.
I do like the new one better. The old one was a 213 “segment”[1] adaptation of a 34 volume manga. Still, the old one uses traditional animation styles which gives its its own charm, and it’s more cartoony and looney than the new one is. The new one has better pacing, better animation quality[2], and the OP and ED are both phenomenal.
Apparently the manga has more plot progression though, which sorta makes me curious to check that out. Being completely episodic is kinda frustrating when I do actually want to see the main character change.
That said, I like the series, I like and feel for Lum, but I’m not much a fan of the MC - you’re not supposed to be tbh. At best he’s an asshole, and at worst, he’s unfortunate due in part to his own foolhardy assholish decisions.
The first 54 episodes may contain multiple segments per episode, akin to something like spongebob ↩︎
From a “standard” modern perspective ↩︎
Thanks! I’ll check out the new one, and then if I like it I know there’s more.