durendal

So apparently, Japanese fans also only found out about this via the Blue-ray release? Or so I heard.

This is sad indeed. I wish him good health and I do hope he does select a successor to finish it. It's not unheard of for an author handing over the reins to someone else to continue the story. Take Berserk for example, after Miura's passing, the manga was able to continue by his close friend who he told how the manga would end.

Oh no! Did this come from any official source? Quick google didn't have any useful results.

22 hours ago, Matt Bellamy said:

I've been keeping up with a couple series... But there have been so many series come out that I have been reading the manga... And the Anime version does a piss poor job of it.

The one I am looking forward to is coming next Month: PSYREN. Read that manga thanks to NA release of Shonen Jump. 19 years after it started and 16 years after it ended, they are making an anime of it. I REALLY hope they don't screw it up. Since there is no light novel version or anything, it is based on the manga, so hopefully it will be what I want it to be.

But as for what I am watching right now... Oddly, all of these were manga I started reading that have now been turned into anime. Some for the better, and some not. There are a few more series I had been reading the comics of at one point... But the Anime's quality was not nearly good enough, so I am not ruining my thoughts of the series with watching the trash animation.

Tensei ****ara Slime Datta Ken 4th Season / That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season - The anime has caught up with the manga again, but of course, as mentioned, it is based on light novels so there is more to work off of... But the Anime has largely been following the aesthetic of the manga. One of those that has been doing a good job of it. I never read the novels, so any changes doesn't bother me much.

Gaikotsu Kishi-sama, Tadaima Isekai e Odekakechuu / Skeleton Knight in Another World Season - Another fun isekai fantasy story. Can be a dime a dozen, but this one has some fun characters and a decent enough premise that also skips some of the worst isekai tropes. The main character is so OP... and yet not at the same time, in some funny ways.

Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru / From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman - This one has been following the light novels a bit more than the manga, but not as bad as some. Really good action. They do take the "Sword master" fact of the title pretty seriously.

Tsuihou sareta Tensei Juukishi wa Game Chishiki de Musou suru / The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System - This one has been doing a good job of following the manga overall, and has decent production values. Another Isekai with some good ideas on how things are handled.

Ryoumin 0-nin Start no Henkyou Ryoushu-sama / The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects - Another manga I started reading a while back. Been done pretty well. It's a fun little wholesome series.

Nice list. I forgot that Skeleton Knight has a second season that just came out. Thanks for reminding me. It was out of my radar because I follow the Light Novel and they have not released a new volume for a long time.

I wasn't aware the old country bumpkin began as a light novel. How far along is it? Is it worth the read? I'm running out of Light Novels to read and haven't found anything exciting to read since I finished Mushoku Tensei.

I'm also stoked that the latest episodes of the exiled heavy knight seems to have toned down the recaps a bit. Hoping this continues for the rest of the remaining episodes. But then that means they would easily catch up with the manga, which I'm now reading because of the anime.

I still find the web series Street Fighter Assassin's Fist to be the gold Standard. For me this new movie is still somewhat goofy, but definitely leagues better than the disaster of a movie starring Van Damme.

4 hours ago, Cannibal said:

Not much on my list right now. Just ongoing One Piece and Bleach. Waiting for the second part of the Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Just finished Dr. Stone and I really like it. Despite some of the character's decisions were strange or unnecessary, and I always had a feeling of giant plot holes everywhere, it was super enjoyable and fun ride till the very end, 10/10. The thing is, when I stumbled upon this title on some torrent tracker for the first time, I thought that this was some mid tier filler anime. Was judging just by the title name and cover art lmao, didn't even read. But year later one of the blogger made a short description of events and almost spoiled it. And somehow just about 5 seconds deep into their review I stopped and they made it a "must watch" for me.

Funny enough, as a One Piece fan myself, I've never watched the anime (so I guess I can't call myself a true fan 😅). I've been reading the manga and have not once seen the anime. I guess having a thousand plus episodes is a big factor as to why. Back then it was still only 200+ episodes. heck, I even started reading One Piece when it was still in the 400+ chapters.

Interesting about Dr. Stone, I watched the first 2 seasons, but wasn't able to start the 3rd season, and I've resisted reading the Manga. It was all interesting before the Tsukasa arc, but I guess I didn't get the same excitement to me afterwards.

Jojo anime left me really disappointed. The best one was still the stardust crusaders arc, and those that followed are just "meh" to me. I've read the manga and really loved it until Stone Ocean and was really left disappointed with its ending. Then came the decision to make the Steel Ball Run universe fold into the Jojo-verse, which confused the hell out of me. After that I completely stopped with Jojo.

Ok, I'm bored so I'm going to update my list. Currently, the Anime I'm waiting on are the following:

Mushoku Tensei S3 - Definitely a must watch. Even though I finished the Novel, its still enjoyable watching this fully animated

Tensura S4 - One of the web novels I've earlier read. Stories are starting to branch and I don't know what to expect.

Re:Zero S4 - Haven't read the novels so this is one of the anticipated watch

Bleach TYBW - Despite having a manga finished a decade ago, the anime introduced new material which was freaking awesome. This is definitely a redemption from the rushed manga ending.

Exiled Heavy Knight - one of the newer shows I'm watching, mainly because of tiktok and youtube shorts

Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman S2 - Another fun series for me.

I am looking forward to the reboot of Magic Knight Rayearth, it was one of the best 90's anime I've ever watched. And of course being a Gundam Fan, how could I miss the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-Zero. Speaking of Gundam, I was kinda sad that they took down the 1:1 scale Unicorn Gundam in Odaiba Japan.

Well, that's something to talk about. That would be much preferable than the deafening silence. 😅

Such a sad day! A lot of celebrities seem to be passing away recently. There was Dolly Parton, then Tim Curry, and now Peter Cullen.

Hey Odin, what's up with you?

Well, I do see that new last scene they inserted somewhat troubling. Optimus Prime is a respected commander of the Autobots, and his lifeless body floating in space is rather disrespectful. It's like they just threw his body out into space. If they did, shouldn't he at least be in a coffin or something for a proper send off? I don't know, just some nitpick I guess.

So are they adding some new scenes to this movie? After seeing all the comments online about how this movie traumatized a lot of kids when it was first shown, am I the weird one who actually loved this when it first came out? I've always thought that the movie is about Hotrod and his journey to become Rodimus Prime. Similar to the GI Joe movie where the premise is pushing Falcon as the main protagonist.

Man, it's hard to discuss this movie without revealing any spoilers. Hahaha. I think the difference between Brand New Day and No Way Home is that No Way Home banks on the nostalgia factor. I mean you get three generations of Spiderman fans together, so it's obviously going to be a colossal hit. Whereas Brand New Day focuses solely on Tom Holland's Peter Parker, and returns to the roots of the Superhero Mythos that Stan Lee established that the Hero has to be tragic, and I liked how this aspect was explored in the movie. There were probably a lot more scenes left out in the cutting room floor, so I'm interested to seeing those deleted scenes, especially those mentioned about villains that were supposedly cut. Do you think we'll get a directors cut for this movie?

That post credit scene though..... Hmm.....

So... Who has seen this? I'm upset that some random clip spoiled the final scene for me, lessening the emotional impact. Still a pretty good movie. I really like the action scenes and the relationship dynamics hits really hard. I really do want to watch it again.

Definitely something to look forward to this coming December. But before that, Spider-Man Brand new days comes first. Chris Evans looks different, I guess he's skinny now.

This is indeed a complete overhaul. Nice. Will have to get my bearings on how to navigate this newly updated portal.

The Gale Hound Guyvers 1 & 3 as well as the Stato Hound Guyver 2F looks very interesting.  Looks like these will be up for sale starting December 2026 and January 2027.  No date listed for the Guyver 2F.  This seems to be a collaboration with the Titanomachia series, which is very interesting to me.

Huh, you learn something new everyday.

On 3/10/2026 at 3:06 AM, PowerofGuyver said:

Are there even enough of us to milk to begin with?

The sad truth is that we are now all older and should have a lot more disposable income compared to decades ago, so should there be new interesting products we want, we can easily afford them.  Unlike before where they market to younger demographics, they need critical mass to be profitable.  Now, they can just issue limited edition merchandise and we all be like "shut up and take my money" 😄

Either that or they are just milking the franchise off of desperate fans like us looking for more.

More merchandise does not necessarily mean more new material.  If the story will continue, they will make a big announcement of it.  This is more likely a strategy to sate fans appetite over the vacuum the manga left, and keep the brand alive.  They are skating on thin ice relying on nostalgia to drive sales.  The fans are getting older and it will dry out eventually if no new materials gets released to hook on newer, younger fans.

After a long wait, a new addition to my G-Gundam collection has arrived.  Still contemplating how to display it...

With so many storylines telling how Dr. Doom wins (Secret War, Emperor Doom, One World Under Doom, etc...), one has to wonder which storyline they would focus on or borrow elements from.  Most of the details points to 1985's Secret Wars (obviously), and there are even rumors of Cavill playing the Beyonder (is this even confirmed?).   I just can't shake this feeling that Marvel will keep on releasing "leaked" information that is fake to troll everyone just for the sake of keeping its secrecy.

Teaser trailer so far looks good.  I just hope they don't botch this up again.

So they're gonna keep releasing teaser trailers every week now?  It goes without saying that I'm really looking forward to watching this on the big screen.  It will be interesting to see how they mesh the different universes, as this movie is clearly a very big fan service to begin with, as with every MCU movie should be.  I do hope they realize and understand what Deadpool & Wolverine did with choke full of references, and how those tiny but voluminous details propelled the movie to the top of the box office.

This is more likely a business decision on the part of Kadokawa rather than the author.  Since there are figures being released for the Guyver, this copyright protects them from third parties developing unauthorized (pirated) versions of any merchandise they produce.  Because if there is no copyright on the IP, you can be assured that a lot of 3rd party will profit from it.  At least this way, even if 3rd parties develop any form of merchandise related to the IP, Kadokawa still profits from its licensing.

I loved Swat Kats!  Too bad it ended too abruptly.  Whatever happened to the kickstarter for the animated version?

Nope, nevermind.  It's a firewall thing.  Used an exit node and everything shows up.  thanks for looking into it.