CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV

Ah yea, I do like michishirube!

I don’t remember what happened exactly anymore when they weave in the main story but I remember it being quite touching. I also love the ending theme and its music video on YT. It definitely reveals things not revealed in the main series so definitely a must watch for fans indeed.

I almost only watch comfort anime… So all my favorite CGDCT and Iyashikei anime.

Kogepan. From 2001, ten very short episodes of about 3 minutes, 4 if you include the OP and ED. About a bread that is baked too long and is burned. Most other breads are pristine. A story about silly anthropomorphised breads but it’s quite human. It is surprisingly touching, especially the last episode. Some say it is an allegory for being old in society, the burned breads being old and the nice breads being young. Personally I think it can be interpreted in many ways, and you can easily swap being old for your own way in which you are burned. I’d classify it as an SOL/Iyashikei anime. I like how the quotes roll in with the writing behind them. You can watch it on youtube.

Me watching Gochiusa:

Image

Apart from anime with traditionally sad scenes like Violet Evergarden or Gintama, I have the strange ability to cry about cute girls doing cute things slice of life anime 😅. Like Non Non Biyori, K-ON, Gochiusa. I really like the tender and soft moments. For example that scene where Chino-chan decides to lean against Cocoa-chan and Mocha-chan. It’s a bit sad, but mostly it is just so sweet and pure and tender.

To me one of the most precious effects an anime can have is when it makes me cry without the scene being sad. The queen of this has to be ARIA. Of course that one scene with Alice. But also just Alicia explaining why she doesn’t get angry to Alice. The iyashikei just hits so hard I start feeling that being alive is wonderful. Those are my favorite tears!

Ann 😭😭😭. Definitely my favorite episode. The letter to Gilbert did me in as well. When she looks at the camera I’m so done for…

The flat designs, the wafuku, those fricking title cards. I could go on. Upon seeing the poster, I decided to watch it without even knowing what it was about.

Had to look that up, vtubers? I guess vtubers are mostly drawn in a moe/chibi style indeed.

Hidamari Sketch, Nichijou, Sayonara Zetsubou sensei. And moe styles in general.

I wasn’t planning to do it but I rewatched Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei season one. I watched the first episode for some reason and I ended up just kinda watching it through lol.

I really really cannot choose a single one. Aria is a great choice though.

Japanese media Denfaminicogamer recently brought together scenario writer Gen Urobuchi and voice actress Koiwai Kotori, who happens to be an avid fan of Urobuchi’s cult classic visual novel Saya no Uta, for a joint interview.

Didn’t know that about Kokko-chan lol. I’ve seen pictures of her from that interview recently but I didn’t recognise the game character.

They’re probably craving an ‘antidote’ within fiction precisely because the real world is so cruel,” Urobuchi explains. “And that kind of ‘comfort’ should be made by younger generations.

Very interesting to say especially with Kokko-chan in the room. I’m not a visual novel player but I really like Iyashikei anime which is one of the comforts in a cruel world he is talking about. The series Non Non Biyori where Kokko-chan plays one of the main characters (Ren-chon) is very much a strong example of these comforting experiences.

Technically everything can be a slice of life. But preferably it is used for stuff that focuses on daily life. Is frieren actually a slice of life or is this a case of shounen fans calling everything with less than 50% action a SOL? I also heard frieren is a slow show. Is it actually slow or just by shounen standards?