Once again, Kirara has saved anime

I'm excited but how long is it? Will it even come close to catching up?

Is there going to be any "significant" progress in their relationship?

I'm excited but how long is it? Will it even come close to catching up?

Almost certainly single-cour, probably covering through the end of volume 4. There's five volumes out at the moment...

Is there going to be any "significant" progress in their relationship?

The current arc of the manga is about them realizing their feelings are romantic. So, not in this season

Okay, next season:

So GochiUsa and Strike Witches are coming back and can probably be assumed to be as gay as they ever were

Adachi and Shimamura is based on a yuri series... I have no idea how fast the anime will be paced and thus how far the titular girls' relationship will progress, but the core of the series is a yuri relationship

Assault Lily Bouquet is a modern all-female action anime that literally has "lily" in the title. I'll be pretty surprised if it doesn't at least have heavy subtext

Senyoku no Sigrdrifa is also a modern all-female action anime, which generally means at least a bit of yuri subtext

Maesetsu is cute girls doing stand-up, apparently. With everyone conveniently paired up, it should at least be easy to ship

Ochikobore Fruit Tart is a Kirara series from the creator of Hanayamata. I didn't notice even any subtext in the handful of chapters I read, but it's definitely possible something will pop up later

I'm really not sure what to make of Hanyou no Yashahime. Female-led sequel to 00s shounen, airing in primetime in 2020. Who is this aimed for, what are it's storytelling sensibilities like? Should at least be shippable, though

Iwa-Kakeru is an all-female sports anime. From what I've seen it's pretty focused on the sports, but it does tend towards CGDCT-type character writing, so some yuri is entirely possible. ...I'm kinda expecting it to be one of the worst shows of the season, though

Majo no Tabitabi is one of those series that's basically a bunch of short stories tied together by the main character travelling. Apparently it has some recurring characters, all of whom are female. Something might happen there? Should be pretty, at least

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear: Generic isekai, but with cute girls! Most of them are lolis, though. Even if there is some yuri, I'm not sure I'd be interested in it (also I don't have high hopes for this one in general)

As honorable mentions, Maoujou de Oyasumi has a minor character with a yuri crush, and Munou na Nana includes a girl that's very fixated on the title character. ...The first one is probably going to be a significantly better anime than the second, though

^ Worst case scenario everything else ends up sucking, the usagis will carry the season like always. That said, I have hope for the season fingers crossed
Maybe 2020 won't be so bad after all?
I'm so sorry if I jinxed it.

It's about time I watch Jet girls too. The game came out not too long ago and looks fun.

It's about time I watch Jet girls too. The game came out not too long ago and looks fun.

Just try to find the uncensored version for more free boing boing experience. At least more than the anime already is.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but has anyone been reading the Mikagura Gakuen light novels? I remember someone in some forum here that I can't find said that Eruna ends up with her cousin in the end, which obviously pissed me off. I can't find any information on what happened after the events of the anime, but I guess I'm just looking in the wrong places... at any rate, is this actually true? Please tell me it's not...

New Otherside Picnic promo looking really good. Can't wait for January.

New Love Live Anime trailer https://youtu.be/vUZtDcPtctU there's our protagonist

New Love Live Anime trailer https://youtu.be/vUZtDcPtctU there's our protagonist

Wait, this is starting in less than a month!? I was expecting a bit more build-up here!

So, uh, it looks fine. Kinda a bad season to be dropping a cute girls series, though

Bad? Well... maybe it's good to have a full season of moe and girls, after all we've been having a huge lack of them this year

TB posted:

New Otherside Picnic promo looking really good. Can't wait for January.

The manga is being translated too but I'm waiting for the anime instead

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The manga is being translated too but I'm waiting for the anime instead

If you enjoy light novels at all, I recommend you give the original LNs a read! They're absolutely fantastic. And given that the manga needs four volumes to adapt one novel, I don't think the anime is going to go very far into the original material.
The fact that we haven't got a release date for volume 4 yet is killing me.

SPOILERS FOR MAI-HIME
Mai-HIME came so close to being a 10/10 anime but the final episode was such a ridiculous and cheesy asspull that undoes everything that had happened. It felt like the writers were forced to end the show in this way. Which if that's the case then that really sucks and if that's not the case then I question if they were paying attention to their own show.

Edit: I was originally mad that at the Shizuru and Natsuki plot point but then I realized that when Yukino says "I saw what you did to Natsuki while she slept" she was referring to Shizuru kissing Natsuki while she was sleeping. But Natsuki assumes the worst case scenario, which shows the viewer a fake flashback of Shizuru taking her clothes off and crawling into Natsuki's bed while she's sleeping. And the theory that she never sexually assaulted her is supported even more when you realize that if she did than Yukino and Haruka shouldn't have seen it. Because they arrive to Shizuru's house when the sun is setting and the "flashback" happens at night. This show is way better than I gave it credit for.

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I couldn't watch Mai-hime... I explained why in this same thread long ago, but basically, I wasn't expecting the guy who shows up at the start considering this was one of those legendary animes for the yuri community back in the day (or at least, it was hyped a lot and the talk of many forums)...so the shock with reality and the contrast with what I expected was too much for me hahaha

ANYWAY, guess who's getting a new anime? WIXOSS!

https://twitter.com/wixoss_TCG/status/1308242702513782784
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHUikaoEwNU

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ANYWAY, guess who's getting a new anime? WIXOSS!

If we're at the point that that idols with giant breasts look like the best way forward it might be time to let the franchise die

Hylarn posted:

ANYWAY, guess who's getting a new anime? WIXOSS!

If we're at the point that that idols with giant breasts look like the best way forward it might be time to let the franchise die

I really laughed in surprise when I saw the yellow one hahahaha but hey I found out that Sugiura Ai is making the designs! she's a vtuber and designed Subaru too (another vtuber from hololive) and if I trust their words she's crazy obsessed with cute girls and maids ...she really really loves girls hahahaha.

ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT!

SPOILERS FOR MAI-HIME
Mai-HIME came so close to being a 10/10 anime but the final episode was such a ridiculous and cheesy asspull that undoes everything that had happened. It felt like the writers were forced to end the show in this way. Which if that's the case then that really sucks and if that's not the case then I question if they were paying attention to their own show.

Edit: I was originally mad that at the Shizuru and Natsuki plot point but then I realized that when Yukino says "I saw what you did to Natsuki while she slept" she was referring to Shizuru kissing Natsuki while she was sleeping. But Natsuki assumes the worst case scenario, which shows the viewer a fake flashback of Shizuru taking her clothes off and crawling into Natsuki's bed while she's sleeping. And the theory that she never sexually assaulted her is supported even more when you realize that if she did than Yukino and Haruka shouldn't have seen it. Because they arrive to Shizuru's house when the sun is setting and the "flashback" happens at night. This show is way better than I gave it credit for.

Oh yeah, the end was very disappointing ! They pulled the worst deus ex machina that ruined all the build up. But I heard that in the blu-ray version, there was an alternative ending.

I couldn't watch Mai-hime... I explained why in this same thread long ago, but basically, I wasn't expecting the guy who shows up at the start considering this was one of those legendary animes for the yuri community back in the day (or at least, it was hyped a lot and the talk of many forums)...so the shock with reality and the contrast with what I expected was too much for me hahaha

ANYWAY, guess who's getting a new anime? WIXOSS!

https://twitter.com/wixoss_TCG/status/1308242702513782784
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHUikaoEwNU

Kinda sad to see that WIXOSS got an idol anime because idol animes are what works best in the industry. The first two seasons were very refreshing, the plot twist about the whole eternal girl and Mayu was very interesting. The characters were all captivating and they had some cool development. The third and the fourth seasons are the emo and melodramatic versions of season 1 and 2. Then we get an idol version where we get to see some small girls fighting in a concert (?)

But yeah, maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised when the anime is going to come out.

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Ensel posted:

Oh yeah, the end was very disappointing ! They pulled the worst deus ex machina that ruined all the build up. But I heard that in the blu-ray version, there was an alternative ending.

Meh. I agree Mai-hime was much better than I expected, so that ending felt really out of place with how sunshine and rainbows and power of friendship it was, but then it was kinda explained. iirc the reward for winning the ritual was being given power to recreate world as one desire, so it's not really that far-fetched that Mai would ask for everything to be undone and create happy future for herself. That being said, especially considering the fact that both love interest and younger brother, 2 character you'd normally think would have plot armor, actually died, ending does feel pretty cheap.

Kinda sad to see that WIXOSS got an idol anime because idol animes are what works best in the industry.

The thing about idols is that the public isn't really all that super-hungry for them, but they keep getting pushed because the profit margins for music are absurd. If you see a franchise pivot towards idols it's generally because it's dying and they want to pump more money from the remaining fans

Mai-hime

I remember liking it when I watched it, but that was a while ago. In retrospect, it's one that would have benefited from having come out more recently, since it's flaws are largely things the industry has since moved past

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We have a new trailer of Adachi to Shimamura centered on Adachi's gay side https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9K7_5xOpT4

I watched the first episode of AdaShima and my cheeks hurt from smiling so much ! But the atmosphere is kinda different from the ln and the manga, it surprised me :0

So I watched first episode of Adachi and Shimamura and I'm liking it so far. Question to people reading mango/light novel. How much first episode covered? Are we going to barely go anywhere in first season? Also wtf is up with astronaut loli?

Also I watched anime adaptation of first arc of Burn The Witch. New manga from author of Bleach. I was surprised that it actually has lesbian character in main cast and it seems like the 2 OTP parings are het and yuri. Kubo did include yuri in Bleach, but it boiled either to comic relief (Chizuru) or was completely unresolved (Sui Feng), so the fact this time it seems to be taken more seriously was really nice. Character introduction was poking fun at her for being a bit yandere-ish, but it never stretched out to her being in love with another girl and in fact the MC she is in love with never rejected her or said she's not into girls and in fact it's clear she cares about her as a friend, so there's clear potential for her to eventually warm up to her. Also for people who did read/watch Bleach, while there's a lot of new concepts, there's also a lot of stuff that's clearly taken from Bleach, which isn't surprising as Kubo did tied it to Bleach making it a spin off, rather than completely new series (how much it makes sense in-universe is another matter).

So I watched first episode of Adachi and Shimamura and I'm liking it so far. Question to people reading mango/light novel. How much first episode covered?

Funnily enough, it was mostly Ch.1 of the LN, only their first meeting isn't part of Ch.1 but was later in the LN but it's not really a big deal since it's go perfectly in this episode.

Are we going to barely go anywhere in first season?

Not so spoilish but spoiler tags anyway I highly doubt we will cover till they go out since they only does so in Vol.5/6 and there is only 12 episodes.

Also wtf is up with astronaut loli?

Spicy surprise.