My early tierlist (after 1-3 episodes)
S Tier
- Raise wa Tanin ga Ii/Yakuza Fiance - Weird romcom in hardcore Yakuza society. A delightful surprise so far. Thanks @glilimith@lemmy.blahaj.zone for the recommendation!
A Tier
- Wajutsushi - The whole concept of the “Talker” as a character class is brilliant IMO, i.e. the guy shouting out commands and attack names to buff their allies. The standard fantasy world gets a nasty edge with betrayals, and other morally questionable decisions, which is the best feature so far.
- Maou 2099 - This was a surprisingly good first episode with good world building, but I’m waiting to see how it develops.
- Shangri-La Frontier - Ah, comfort food.
- Re Zero - It’s deja vu all over again.
B Tier
- Acro Trip - Chrome/Kuroma the clueless yet deviously manipulative villain makes this work, but can it sustain a whole season?
- Tower Of God - It’s getting too confusing now, with too many characters and not enough screen time to define them, and where the important conflict and drama is.
- Magilumiere - Workmanlike, like the dutiful office workers it portrays, but is it fun?
- Blue Lock - Powerpoint manga panel action is fun, but the mood music seems a bit off this season.
- Trillion Game - I found some heart in the 2nd episode, so it’s staying
- Chi - Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite - Hard to watch. The problems are too true to life, when I want escapism.
- Uzumaki - Junji Ito’s manga art bought slavishly to the screen, for good or ill. Only 4 episodes.
F Tier
- MF Ghost - Watching little CG cars zipping around a CG track in virtual identical ways is boring.
- Danmachi S5 - I didn’t watch S1-S4, so I have no idea who’s doing what.
- Ranma 1/2 - Soulless remake. It might be more manga-accurate, but I am not amused.
glilimith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
Sometimes I feel a bit silly rambling into the empty threads, but I’m glad that my little reviews are being useful to someone!
P.S. If you only watched the first ep of Ranma before bouncing off, I’d suggest taking a peak at ep 2, where I think MAPPA tried a bit more to make the anime their own. I felt sort of similarly about ep 1 (like, “oh, it’s just the manga but on screen”), but the ep 2 made a much better impression.