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wjs018@ani.social · 3d ago

Fall Anime Season Preview Discussion and Thread Requests [2026, Week 39]

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Fall season is rapidly approaching! It’s time to start looking ahead to the next season and thinking about what is worth watching vs. what isn’t. This is also the official thread where I will watch for shows that you mention and will enable threads for those shows to be made by our resident bot, @rikka@ani.social.

Link to a list of Fall 2026 shows for reference

Please feel free to use this thread as a normal weekly discussion thread as well! Anything that would normally be in the weekly discussion thread any other week is welcome here.

As always, remember to be mindful of spoilers. If you want to know more about how to handle spoilers in this community, check the guide here (also linked in the sidebar).

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wjs018@ani.social · 14 Sep 2026

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 38]

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Welcome to another general discussion thread! Feel free to use this thread to talk about things you have watched recently, questions you have, or recommendations you want to give!

As always, remember to be mindful of spoilers. If you want to know more about how to handle spoilers in this community, check the guide here (also linked in the sidebar).

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wjs018@ani.social · 8 Sep 2026

"You Are a Four Leaf Clover" Anime Adaptation Announced

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No premiere date or PV yet. Check out the Crunchyroll article for additional information. Synopsis from AniList:

Uichi, once a happy and popular boy, is now the victim of cruel bullying. Then suddenly Yotsuba, his childhood friend and first love, shows up. How will this cute and kind-hearted girl try to help him…?

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wjs018@ani.social · 7 Sep 2026

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 37]

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Welcome to another general discussion thread! Feel free to use this thread to talk about things you have watched recently, questions you have, or recommendations you want to give!

As always, remember to be mindful of spoilers. If you want to know more about how to handle spoilers in this community, check the guide here (also linked in the sidebar).

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wjs018@ani.social · 31 Aug 2026

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 36]

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Welcome to another general discussion thread! Feel free to use this thread to talk about things you have watched recently, questions you have, or recommendations you want to give!

As always, remember to be mindful of spoilers. If you want to know more about how to handle spoilers in this community, check the guide here (also linked in the sidebar).

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wjs018@ani.social · 24 Aug 2026

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 35]

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Welcome to another general discussion thread! Feel free to use this thread to talk about things you have watched recently, questions you have, or recommendations you want to give!

As always, remember to be mindful of spoilers. If you want to know more about how to handle spoilers in this community, check the guide here (also linked in the sidebar).

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wjs018@ani.social · 17 Aug 2026

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 34]

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wjs018@ani.social · 10 Aug 2026

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 33]

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Felt like it was time for a new one of these threads.

on Latest Episode Discussion Threads Index in c/anime@ani.social · 16h ago
Fun fact - this was the submission by !vocaloid@ani.social to the Lemmyvision competition last year. Here is the voting thread.

It ended up placing 6th out of 13 entries.

on Birdbrain feat. Kasane Teto and OK glass, by Jaime Paige in c/vocaloid@ani.social · 17h ago
Alright, going over the list for next season, here are my takes:

Definitely try to watch
- The World’s Strongest Witch - This manga is a riot, and I can’t wait for anime-onlies to be introduced to Rona and her antics.
- Apothecary Diaries Season 3 - Absolute must-watch for me.
- Appraisal Isekai Season 3 - This is kind of like a comfort watch. I like the source, and the adaptation is fine. Despite the politics/war setting, I don’t find this one too dramatic/tense.
Watch if time allows
- Sasaki and Peeps Season 2 - The first season was a roller coaster of a story, but suffered with poor production values. I am interested in seeing more, but it isn’t high on my priority list.
- Suikoden - I have a good friend that has been trying to get me to play Suikoden 2 for years. I might just try to watch the anime version instead to troll him.
- Magical Girl Raising Project - I have heard great things from source readers. Think Shiboyugi, but with a magical girl bent.
- Magic Knight Rayearth - An oldie of an isekai. My wife is a big fan of the manga and has tried to get me to read her copies for almost 20 years now. She has pretty good taste, so I expect the story to be pretty decent.
- Reincarnated as a Sword Season 2 - I am pretty sure I am past this point in reading the manga adaptation, but this one is still a lot of fun.
Other notes
- Romelia War Chronicle - I read the very beginning of the manga for this series and enjoyed it. It is kind of a cross between kicked out of the hero’s party and a gritty war story. It’s a new studio making a debut, so who knows how it will turn out.
- A Wild Last Boss Appeared Season 2 - I binged the manga for this series a couple weeks ago and it was way better than I thought it was going to be. I haven’t watched the first season yet, but might try to get caught up on this one.
- Reborn as a Space Mercenary - I really wish there were more sci-fi isekai out there. It seems like a natural genre mix between the mecha and isekai worlds. I don’t expect much from this, but just wanted to say that I want more of this mix.
on Fall Anime Season Preview Discussion and Thread Requests [2026, Week 39] in c/anime@ani.social · 3d ago
I really liked the art on this one!

Some days are just like that Teto…

on トーヒコー / 重音テト【ZUTEROQ】【MV】 in c/KasaneTeto@ani.social · 15 Sep 2026
This pretty much reflects my experience as well. Though, like you, I didn’t watch Akira until relatively recently, so that probably has something to do with it. Experiencing it in the late 80’s/early 90’s might have left a very different impression. From reading retrospective reviews, lots of critics praise it these days for the impact it had on the industry as much or even more than the story it was trying to tell. Short story time…

A couple years ago, my partner and I decided to watch through all of the AFI Top 100 movies, and there were plenty on that list that I genuinely thought were pretty bad. However, in reading about them after watching them, they are on the list because of the tremendous impact they may have had on the industry; special effects innovations, directing techniques, etc. I kind of lump Akira in that kind of basket these days. It was a technical showpiece that had an outsized impact on the rest of the industry, especially the actual animators who have inserted countless Akira references into their art over the years.

on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 38] in c/anime@ani.social · 14 Sep 2026
Mine is probably one that hasn’t been released yet, but I read the manga source, The Moon on a Rainy Night. The funny thing is that I found I related to it a ton, but as an adult, it had nothing to do with the school setting. It deals with the issue of disability in a way that felt so real and it was easy to map onto my life’s experiences.

In general, the other thing I relate to often is transfer students. I went to more than 10 different schools through K-12 because my family moved…a lot. So I was almost always the transfer student, and almost always preparing to say goodbye. It made me really good at making new friends wherever I found myself, but it also made me really good at dropping friends from my life for little to no reason.

on [Discussion] What school romance anime personally related to you the most (good or bad way)? in c/anime@ani.social · 12 Sep 2026
The stupidest fucking timeline…

on [News] BleachBit (Software Cleaner) response to Remove Your Media LLC Bleach DMCA notice in c/anime@ani.social · 10 Sep 2026
I read the first couple volumes of this manga and it gets wild…

ANN calls it a “romantic suspense manga” and that is closer to the truth. However, I feel like that is still underselling it. This series is basically suffering porn, and that is why I ultimately ended up dropping reading it. This visual is a huge misdirect and gives off the totally wrong impression.

on "You Are a Four Leaf Clover" Anime Adaptation Announced in c/anime@ani.social · 8 Sep 2026
The genre that I most often see people mix up is CGDCT. A lot of casuals that I have talked to don’t realize that the target audience for these series is almost always either boys or men. Instead, they kind of lump these series in with stuff like Precure, which is aimed at girls. To prove the point, AniList only has 13 series that are shoujo and CGDCT, and a grand total of 0 that are josei.

on [Discussion] What are some anime whose demographics fans tend to get wrong? in c/anime@ani.social · 8 Sep 2026
The past couple weeks I watched a couple things that I can write about…

First up is Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi. I really liked the two anthology episodes that were part of season 1 and 3 of Star Wars Visions (especially the episode from season 1). So, getting the chance to get an eight episode season sounded great. The first couple episodes felt a little slow, but did a lot of work establishing things. Then, it delivered really well as the season went. Right as I was finishing it, Mother’s Basement released a video about the series, singing its praises. While I wouldn’t go as far as he does in his video, the series manages to feel pretty fresh with respect to its treatment of Jedi and the force. It is probably the most interesting depiction of Gray Jedi (neither pure dark or light) since the KOTOR games.

Next up is Toradora!. I am currently 8 episodes in and have been enjoying it a lot. I don’t have a ton to add here, but I think the thing that surprised me the most is how much I like Ami’s character. She seems like an easy to hate character, but there is something oddly compelling in how toxic she acts.

Last but not least, I watched Asobi Asobase. I didn’t really know what to expect when I started this series, but my initial thought based on visuals was maybe a CGDCT. However, I quickly realized I was mistaken as these girls are absolutely unhinged (in the best way). The humor feels similar to something like Nichijou, but a bit more restrained due to the smaller cast and scope of the setting. My absolute favorite sequence involved an android that they programmed to speak English using just the vocabulary of one of their grandfathers. I created a clip, but I must give an NSFW language warning: static.wjs018.xyz/iJ2rJ45DeIOD6zZA.webm

on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 37] in c/anime@ani.social · 7 Sep 2026
The only example I can think of off the top of my head are the live action Rurouni Kenshin movies. In my opinion, they are excellent and the best way to consume the story.

on Apothecary Diaries Novels Get Live-Action Series on Amazon Prime Globally in 2028 in c/anime@ani.social · 4 Sep 2026
I love this series. Really looking forward to this one being adapted. I am curious about how they’re going to depict hearing impairments.

on The Moon on the Rainy Night Anime Listed for 2027 in c/anime@ani.social · 30 Aug 2026
Yeah, this series is a lot of fun.

on My Crush's Crush | Anime Announced in c/anime@ani.social · 30 Aug 2026
Yeah, you’re all good. Lemmy uses a kind of weird spoiler syntax compared to most other markdown renderers. So, sometimes some third-party apps might not display it as such. There is no way to make a spoiler render correctly for everybody. I have an old spoiler guide I wrote for the community here that is still pretty accurate.

on [Discussion] What are some anime with unpredictable twists? in c/anime@ani.social · 22 Aug 2026
Alright, I am locking this thread now due to several reports and, frankly, I don’t feel like letting some of these comment chains keep spiraling off into incivility.

For those wondering why this series is getting removed but not the concurrently airing Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, it is likely due to Chainsmoker Cat portraying irl tobacco brands. This would be much more subject to rules aimed at advertising tobacco within these jurisdictions. Or something like that…I’m not a lawyer…

on After Hong Kong, Taiwan has also taken down Chainsmoker Cat for violating the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act. in c/anime@ani.social · 22 Aug 2026
Yeah…there is some history with anime on the ml instance. Thanks for the content! Anime Feminist is a great read and more than welcome.

on Education, power, and feminist pedagogy in Witch Hat Atelier in c/anime@ani.social · 18 Aug 2026
I started reading this manga recently and have been enjoying it. Hardly any of it has been translated though, so I am looking forward to seeing more of the story via the anime.

on "Reincarnation in the Game World Dan-Katsu" Teaser Visual in c/anime@ani.social · 14 Aug 2026

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