General Anime Thread

@Cyborg_pony  
Underboob magic! GO!  

 
Astra ep 3. The plot thickens.
 
I liked Kanata feeling the burden of being in charge and taking responsibility for some of his team’s failures. Even with him spouting cheesy motivational one-liners, he’s already a sympathetic leader.
 
The way this ep built up the tension and then diffused it with a joke was pretty good. I also appreciate that the “we only have 10 minutes to do this thing” scene actually only took about 5 minutes. I’m still rolling my eyes at some of the character writing, but the drama and tense moments have been pretty good, so I’m going to give it the benefit of the doubt that it’ll make those character arcs work.
 
 

 
Dumbbell ep 3. Informative, as always.
 
I liked Hibiki basically giving up on her plans before even getting started. I don’t appreciate the harem angle as much. I understand that one of the themes here is that self-motivation is difficult, I just don’t get why they all need to fall for Machio. If one of the goals of this show is to make fitness feel more accessible, then it would be better if the character motivations were more varied.

Apparently there was a fire at Kyoto Animation Studios. Several people were injured.
 
Also, the arsonist poured gasoline on some of the people at the studio

@Holofan4life  
That’s messed up. That studio made “A Silent Voice: The Movie”, which I recently saw on Netflix.

@Holofan4life  
Damn.
 
Hope no one was hurt too bad.

In news that really pisses me off, some anime fans are saying they are happy there was a fire at Kyoto Animation Studios because they never produce second seasons of popular anime shows. What scum.

UPDATE: 1 dead, 35 injured, 10 unconscious in serious condition, 6 in moderate condition, 19 light injuries. 20 missing and multiple people reported to be in the building.

Now it’s being reported 10 people at Kyoto Animation Studios may have died

Oh fuck, this is terrible.

@Holofan4life  
Damn.

@Holofan4life  
The worst thing to wake up to. God dammit.
 
KyoAni is not only one of the best studios in terms of the quality of their work, but they’re also one of the best studios in terms of work conditions and quality of life for its creators in a notoriously shitty industry. No studio deserves this, and certainly not KyoAni.

I’m crying. I can’t deal with this. Fuck everything.

@Holofan4life  
Wow, this is a whole new levels of disgusting.

So I guess Kyoto Animation Studios 1 Building might be considered a total loss, right?

@ExtreVile  
KyoAni has multiple physical studios, the arsonist “only” hit one building. Nothing will replace the lives lost here, but they didn’t lose everything. Kyoto Animation will bounce back.

@dt  
And there’s a theory that the man who did the arson is an obsessed otaku, which if proven true; that can destroy the reputation of Okatus even further.

@Holofan4life  
Currently 33 confirmed dead but I think there are still those who are missing
 
@ExtreVile  
According to reports(the guy is still unidentified so take it with a grain of salt), the guy was yelling about plagiarism or some shit like that  
So it could be a man going postal, crazed otaku who thought Kyoani was ripping off someone or some idiot independent animator  
Or it could be a columbine situation where it happened because the killer felt like doing it

Sentai Filmworks set up a GoFundMe to help out Kyoto Animations in case you wanna donate. Here’s the link.

For further context, this isn’t just weebs crying about a loss of creative talent; this is the worst mass-murder in post-war Japanese history. Nearly triple the toll of the subway sarin gas attacks in ’95.

There are reports that Yasuhiro Takemoto, who directed Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, Hyouka, Lucky Star, Haruhi Suzumiya, and Amagi Brilliant Park, may have died in the fire.

Please disregard. Thank you.

@Holofan4life  
Unless you have an official list somewhere, please don’t post unconfirmed rumors of death or survival of any specific staff members.
 
@Random-Rambling  
Please delete this. Seriously, please don’t post these things now.

@dt
 
Aargh, you’re right. We’re letting ourselves be consumed by hate.

Again, for further context, this isn’t about weeb shit. THIS IS THE WORST MASS MURDER IN POST-WAR JAPANESE HISTORY.