Mercuri
@Mercuri@ani.social
- Comment on Don't have a cow 1 week ago:
Yeah, they’re all these hypothetical arguments about perverts in public bathrooms that statistically never happen. FFS, gender neutral bathrooms exist without issues in many places. I remember one particularly stupid argument someone was making about wanting to protect their daughter and I was just like “wait, your argument is that you want to ban yourself from going into the bathroom with her? Did you even think this through? Because even in your fantasy land that doesn’t make sense”
- Comment on Calling all Otaku! Help me find a License Plate Number 3 weeks ago:
I’ll have to look up a replica of Sheryl’s earring to have it dangling from the rearview mirror. Just to keep in theme.
This is the way
- Comment on Calling all Otaku! Help me find a License Plate Number 3 weeks ago:
Alright, I did some Googling and asked ChatGPT for some help (this is really what stuff like ChatGPT is good for, not stealing art and writing bad novels). And even though ChatGPT was a f*cking moron initially suggesting things like NCC-1701 even though I specifically said it had to be XX-##, it finally came up with a decent list:
MC-75 : The Mon Calimari Cruiser from Star Wars (There are also other MC cruisers like MC30, MC40, MC80, MC85, and MC95) EF76 : Nebulon-B Escort Frigate, also from Star Wars YF-19 : Prototype Macross fighter YF-21 : Macross Plus fighter VF-25 : Macross Frontier fighter
A somewhat unique (albeit wrong) suggestion ChatGPT gave was BT-7274 from Titanfall 2… you could shorten it to BT-72. Following on the idea of droids I got:
HK-47 : The loveable and homicidal assassination droid from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. IG-11 : Another Assassin droid, tasked with killing Grogu in Mandalorian.
Finally, one silly recommendation ChatGPT gave me was “SG-88” as a reference to Stargate and Back to the Future. I don’t hate it.
- Comment on Calling all Otaku! Help me find a License Plate Number 3 weeks ago:
Damn that was a good anime and a good suggestion if it hadn’t been taken already.
- Comment on Relatable. 3 weeks ago:
For me it’s Reincarnated as a Vending Machine. A lot of people like it and it’s already in season 3 but I couldn’t do it. And I’m normally a huge sucker for isekai. I gave it 3 episodes and I was done.
- Comment on 'All You Need Is Kill' Anime New Visual 4 weeks ago:
Oh hell yeah. Loved the book and the Manga and even the Tom Cruise movie.
- Comment on ‘Dorohedoro’ Season 2 Key Visual 5 weeks ago:
Season one was so good I ended up reading the entire manga.
- Comment on You are not ready for this 1 month ago:
WHAT?!
- Comment on But he died a warrior's death. 6 months ago:
Death by snu snu
- Comment on 10 Best Anime About Cooking & Food 6 months ago:
I wouldn’t doubt it, honestly. It’s like the original “omg I’m reacting so ridiculously to eating something” anime.
- Comment on 10 Best Anime About Cooking & Food 6 months ago:
Omg I literally just commented that before reading your comment. My guess is that it’s because it’s solely about bread rather can cooking in general.
- Comment on 10 Best Anime About Cooking & Food 6 months ago:
An older one I really enjoyed was Yakitake Japan but it was mainly about bread rather than cooking in general.
- Comment on 10 Best Anime About Cooking & Food 6 months ago:
I’ve thought about this myself especially with campfire cooking as he goes through all the steps when he cooks. The only thing is he uses monster meat but there seems to always a real life equivalent.
- Comment on In your opinion, which anime has the most badass villains? 7 months ago:
Overlord. Ains Ooal Gown is undoubtedly the villain.
- Comment on What are your top three recommendations for someone new to anime? 7 months ago:
This is a tough one. If I was recommending anime to someone brand new to anime then there are a few guidelines I’d follow:
- Can’t take too long to develop. So while things like Frieren are undoubtedly amazing, the slow start means I wouldn’t recommend it to a Newbie.
- Must be palitable for a wide range of audiences. Panty and Stocking, Elfen Lied, and Devilman Crybaby might be a great shows but they’re pretty in-your-face and could be off-putting to people.
- Must be easily digestible. One Piece might be a great anime but no one is going to want to start on a series with over a thousand episodes. Likewise stuff like Serial Experiments Lain and Evangelion are good but far too out there for a first timer.
To that end I usually start people with Your Name. It’s movie length so easily digestible. The animation is beautiful. The plot is relatively unique while still being easy to understand. And pretty much anyone can enjoy the mix of slice-of-life and scifi.
I’ve also had a lot of success with Ouran High School Host Club. Everyone can understand the concept of a school but then the inclusion of the wacky rich people makes it a fun time.
Finally, back in the day I got a lot of people into anime with Beck. It’s still pretty good even by today’s standards but another anime about music or a band would also work since people tend to understand music or band dynamics in general. Possibilities include K-On or Your Lie in April.
Anyway, just my thoughts.
- Comment on What is your best supernatural anime? 7 months ago:
“Another” left quite an impression on me. Supernatural Suspense Horror and I haven’t seen anyone else mention it yet.
Angel Beats is one of my all-time favorites.
Dan Da Dan is an obvious recent pick. Your Name is amazing if you haven’t seen it.
If we want to get into more Shonen offerings there’s Chainsaw Man, Tokyo Ghoul, Jujutsu Kaizen, and others.
- Comment on Anime with alternate orders 8 months ago:
The most obvious one that comes to mind besides The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is the movie duo of “To Every You I’ve Loved Before” and “To Me, The One Who Loved You”. In fact picking which movie to watch first ties into the plots of the movies themselves in a way.
- Comment on How Anime Fans Stumbled upon a Mathematical Proof 8 months ago:
No, the function is exponential so it would very quickly reach the bounds of modern computing limitations. The best analogy I can think of is folding a sheet of paper. With each fold the thickness doubles and it quickly becomes impossible to fold more than about 7 times.
- Comment on Please donate 8 months ago:
Sorta. Each book is about $10-15, which isn’t a lot by itself. But A full series can be dozens of volumes which quickly adds up. And you can consume it at a pretty rapid pace.
- Comment on "My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s" Anime Adaptation Announced with Teaser Visual, PV 8 months ago:
First, I was like, “wow, that title sounds stupid.”
Then I was like, “Hold up, the PV actually looks pretty cool with nice style.”
Finally I was, “But now the summary makes it sound stupid again…”
What a rollercoaster.
- Submitted 8 months ago to animemes@ani.social | 2 comments
- Comment on "Vampire-chan Can't Suck Properly" Anime Adaptation Announced with New Teaser Visual 9 months ago:
I hope this show doesn’t… suck.
- Comment on "I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince" Season 2 New Teaser Visual 9 months ago:
I can’t wait to see more maid swordswoman.
- Comment on "Dorohedoro" Sequel New Visual 10 months ago:
Oh hell yeah. I loved S1 so much I ended up reading ALL of the Manga. Just binged the crap out of it. It’s just so good!
- Comment on "Secrets of the Silent Witch" New Teaser Visual, PV 10 months ago:
This looks so cool. I’m full diving in.
- Comment on Arifureta Season 3 Delays Episode 12 Due to Production Issues 10 months ago:
NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO! WHY GOD WHY?!
- Comment on Hibi wa Yogiredo Meshi Umashi (Food for the Soul) Original Anime Announced | P.A. Works 10 months ago:
Original? You had my interest but now you have my attention
- Comment on *Heart Racing* 10 months ago:
Ah, thanks!
- Comment on "The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World" New Key Visual 10 months ago:
I do believe those are cat ears on yellow ranger… I so called it!
- Comment on New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT | Official Teaser 10 months ago:
OMFG I AM SO FUCKING READY FOR THIS!
