I'm being "forced" to watch Neon Genesis Evangelion. The hubs says it was super influential. So far, it's been an interesting watch.
I've been rewatching Eva in doses, one or twp episodes each round. For all the negative rap the new English dub is getting, I find it passable, as I did the original from ADV 'back in the day' (2001; dub was done in 1997-1998). This is just one of those shows that has never avoided controversy and strong opinions, and probably will continue to have controversy and strong opinions follow it until I croak.
It's not meant to be a happy ride, that's for sure. It's basically what Hideaki Anno was going through during his bout of severe depression, put to the medium of animation. For that alone it's actually quite stunning, if jarring at times, in a visual sense. The mecha action and fanservice was really just so it could get a TV slot in prime time hours.
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I took in the first episode of
Fire Force with its premiere episode. I'm thinking this one's going to need a few episodes to sink in right now. I also put a close to
Shield Hero earlier tonight. Despite how many bailed on that show halfway through because it 'turned into a generic fantasy isekai', I kept on with it because I enjoyed it. I guess isekai are my new guilty pleasure genre.
I also recently bought
Log Horizon. Since my summer anime intake is going to be lightweight, I'll try to find some time to get that in. I heard nothing but positive things about it.
Finally, I added
The Ancient Magus' Bride to my collection in physical form (the English dub, which was well done IMHO, isn't available to stream anymore in the U.S....thanks for nothing Production I.G. and the Crunchy/Funi split!), but that's a show I thought I'd hate early last year when I watched it. I wound up engrossed with its characters and world. It was like watching a Studio Ghibli film in a serialized TV series forma.