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Of course it wouldn't have been; Yokoyama's OST is easily my favourite Fate anime OST and I thought I made clear that Sawashiro Miyuki is mah girl. It's just that I've seen it so much I can hear both in my head while watching, if need be.

I generally dislike things out of context. It's why I avoid Sakuga MAD videos; they show only the highlights with none of the real impact of understanding what's going on. It's also why I watched all of Naruto's main story just to watch and understand episode 65 of Boruto, which absolutely was one of the best animated episodes I've ever seen.

Soooo... first episode of Kami no Tou is out, it got a lot of hype recently. Seems good, nice visuals (somewhat... DIFFERENT. Can't put my finger on it, but seems out of the ordinary for some reason) and soundtrack was really good aswell (not THAT surprising, considering that it's a Penkin soundtrack). I'm definitely gonna keep watching this one.


Not quite sure what to think of Appare Ranman yet... it's a weird one. I guess 3 episode rule for now and then I'll decide.

Keep in mind Kami no Tou is a Korean IP. That might be part of the 'different' feel you're getting. It's also animated by TMS, who are...uneven, but rarely outright bad. Their Lupin stuff was great, but Chain Chronicle was meh. I'm...a little interested I guess. Not doing the seasonal dance for a while. Too happy to watch backlog stuff.

Kakushigoto seems like a nice and relaxing one for now. LOTS of voices that I recognise (don't expect me to name them though, all I can say is that I heard the voice of Katou Megumi and Ararararagi for example). I just hope that the stuff in the opening is THAT important to the story... I don't know if I could handle that.

Eh, you picked Kamiya Hiroshi? Impressive. We sometimes mistake Hanae Natsuki for him -- the GF swore it was Kamiya in the Kimetsu no Yaiba trailer, but nope, they both just yell the same way.

Looks like the main female leads are Takahashi Rie (Mash, Megumin, Emilia) and Sakura Ayane (Uraraka, Rin from BOTI, bunch of other stuff). Solid cast.

Speaking of solid casts, this english trailer for Fate/Go Camelot actually lists all the seiyuu at the end, IN ENGLISH. That is super rare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTuuY54Z0jI

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Foreverhappychan wrote:

Speaking of solid casts, this english trailer for Fate/Go Camelot actually lists all the seiyuu at the end, IN ENGLISH. That is super rare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTuuY54Z0jI

That just made it on my priority list to hunt down when I regained my freedom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtWt11BfjYQ

Fate/GO Noble Phantasms...but with JoJo's voiceovers by the same seiyuu.

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Foreverhappychan wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtWt11BfjYQ

Fate/GO Noble Phantasms...but with JoJo's voiceovers by the same seiyuu.

That game is horrendous, if it wasn’t for the fate theme that game would have tanked... Yet one Asian dude in Japan spends thousands. Netflix documentary on it...lol.

Plenty of crappy games from extremely popular IPs tank so your claim that it's just the 'Fate' tag that's keeping it alive is 100% untenable, but hey, it's not like your opinion on the issue matters in the slightest -- as you pointed out, 'Asian dudes in Japan' are the ones keeping Fate/GO at the top of the grossing charts, not you. We'll ignore the vague racism of that; plenty of people in other countries support Fate/GO substantially as well.

https://sensortower.com/blog/fate-grand-order-revenue-4-billion

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It’s also proven a success in China, the title’s second highest-grossing market, racking up just under $416 million in revenue there to date, or 10.4 percent of its total revenue. The United States ranked No. 3 for all-time player spending, generating $151.8 million, or 3.8 percent.

$150 million in the US for one year is not chump change.

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Moving on from that unpleasantness!

It's that time again: misguided knee-jerk reactions from ANN in the form of the Season Preview Guide, and in-depth but occasionally myopic suggestions from Sakugabooru. So far, there aren't many clear winners across the board. Arte was well-received by both, but little else. ANN fawns over the inevitable isekai offering (truck-kun is doing as good a trade as ever) and Wave, Listen to me; Sakugabooru promotes BNA, Sing 'Yesterday', and Gal and Dinosaur. It's rare there's so little crossover between the two, given noteworthy animation usually denotes a noteworthy anime...it's gonna be a strange season.