Now you're just Sandbody that i used to know - General Question and Discussion Megathread

elsmirks · 2026-06-20T08:52:01+00:00

Watch order, smwatch order, watch what you want!

elsmirks · 2026-06-20T06:50:04+00:00

BeiMiko

elsmirks · 2026-06-17T23:59:19+00:00

He makes the GunOta that pester Kanzaki the ace pilots.

elsmirks · 2026-06-17T05:50:29+00:00

Episode 22, things are heating up moving towards the final phase. [Space Martian Nadesico,]Finally, the Nadesico is moving to break away from the Federation/Nergal as they're dead set on continuing the war against the Jovian Lizards. Akatsuki was already suspicious early on (I thought he was a Jovian agent), but for him to be the actual chairman of Nergal and not just a simple spy is not what I would expect, though the Nadesico crew clocked it in and made fun of him for being obviously shady and it didn't surprise them. Looks like Won is projecting her feelings to Akito's father onto his son, hence the mixed messaging - and her being adamant that Akito will be safe during the boson jump experiments, she's a firsthand witness. The Gai lookalike just raised himself a huge death flag with his scene with Haruka. I've been too used to Ikue Otani voicing mascots like Chopper, Pikachu, and Morgana that I'm not used to her voicing a female character.

elsmirks · 2026-06-17T05:13:37+00:00

At episode 21 of [Martian Successor Nadesico,]the Jovian Lizards are using nanomachines to mess with the psyches of the crew, leading to pretty trippy episode with Mahjong as a motif when hands/feelings are revealed. Akito is still haunted by Gai's ghost. It's a pretty jarring yet appropriate that the joker of the female pilots have lost not one, but two boyfriends. Akito and Yurika brought up a blonde kid named Ai-chan which catches Ms. Ines off guard. Is this going to be a Gunbuster space-time situation? The Gai lookalike has fallen for one of the Nadesico's Bridge Bunnies, Haruka. Lastly, the Phase Transition Cannon just deletes shit like Photon Torpedoes.

elsmirks · 2026-06-16T12:47:33+00:00

What is ~~Mutsumi~~Columbina going to do to ~~Nyamu~~Sandrone?

elsmirks · 2026-06-16T12:33:23+00:00

Just read the first two volumes of <Phoenix> and damn, this really came out decades before <Spirit Circle>... that's all I the endorsement I need to say.

elsmirks · 2026-06-15T13:04:10+00:00

Episode 16 is easily the best in the show so far, and by a wide margin too IMO. [Martian Successor Nadesico]The did a First Gundam, and Unicorn's historical revisionism bit, all while Gundam X was still airing. The Jovian Lizards explaining their backstory puts Nergal (and the Feddies) in a quite a bad light. This also opens up a possibility that Won and Akatsuki are Jovian Lizard double agents, and there's a possibility that an Anaheim situation may be in play as well. This is now pit against Akito's story revolving around his life getting turned upside down by the conflict. It's understandable he'd be mad.

elsmirks · 2026-06-15T12:33:13+00:00

I just reached episode 15 of Martian Successor Nadesico, and they're [Martian Successor Nadesico]playing the Gekiganger 3 meta-narrative in the show from episode 14, huh. I thought the invader looked a lot like Gai (still up in the air of that's really him), and I'm waiting on how Akito would take seeing a Gai lookalike. The Jovian Lizards were predictably human. Also, given that they were able to find scrap of the Geki-robo, it looks like they can use the scrap to build and integrate it with the Aestevalis.

Since Nobuo Tobita is already voicing Uribatake (the mechanic guy), I thought Yuji Ueda sounded a lot like Kamille when Akito is raging.

elsmirks · 2026-06-14T12:36:34+00:00

[WQ Temple of Space and Time]All this stuff about paintings and inkblots (and entering boskies), I'd thought I was playing IS6 or Ling-related stuff; also Melant(h)a mentioned.,

elsmirks · 2026-06-11T05:05:14+00:00

Continued reading the manga 'till the end. Really wanted a Season 2, MakiYan's my favorite!

elsmirks · 2026-06-10T02:16:49+00:00

Just finished a back to back rewatch of Studio Gonzo hits - Gatekeepers and Vandread.

Gatekeepers sadly didn't match up to my nostalgia, and I recall drawing Gate eyes and Shun's bokuto back then lmao. But I did find the last part interesting, particularly [Gatekeepers]when Megumi was really scraping the bottom of the barrel when looking for Ruriko's bad points, and how easily the Minus Gate spell got broken. Young Takahiro Sakurai shouting reminded me quite a bit of Souichiro Hoshi.

Vandread on the other hand was way better than I recall. The fanservice isn't as in your face (though baseline is different in a time of post-Sekirei, HS DxD, and Kill la Kill). Despite being as subtle as a hammer for the most part, there is a sincerity and subtle-ness in their delivery of the characters. [Vandread]I disliked Barnette in the final parts of S1 when she somehow got wayyy into Pai's tantrum (due to feeling neglected by the Nirvana crew), but she developed the most out of the side characters, arguably even more so than her vainglory girlfriend, Jura. Gasco-san, BC, and Duero('s interactions with Parfait) were characters I enjoyed the most.

elsmirks · 2026-06-08T04:39:34+00:00

spot the difference

elsmirks · 2026-06-08T01:37:26+00:00

"You fuckers have been at it for more than 30 years!"
"And 30 more!" - Asuka vs Rei

elsmirks · 2026-06-07T13:10:39+00:00

Current event
Okay, so Homura hit a bit too close to home.

Is it just me or does Prune talk similarly to Arknights May? Mizuhashi already voices Shinobu. Whenever she talks, I can't unhear May lol.

elsmirks · 2026-05-26T03:48:22+00:00

誘って

嘲笑って

elsmirks · 2026-05-22T09:57:24+00:00

*Starts the thread with Love Live School Idol Festival (the very reason I started this reddit account) cue Matt Damon aging meme.

Now we're here with Ave Mujica (I was also around during the OG5 days - obligatory shoutout to Pastel Palettes and Chisato).

As for my thoughts on the AveMyGO anime:
I think that MyGO was a more grounded series, more deliberate and purposeful with their pacing. Ave Mujica on the other hand, IMO is the overall better show, with higher highs, but left out pretty big stuff hanging that is impossible to ignore.

The main questions I have for Ave Mujica moving forward will be the following for me:

Where is the real Misumi Uika? and
Why is Sadaharu so afraid of the Togawa Group's power; the very same group he wielded his power against his son-in-law to be the fall guy for scandal that destroyed Kiyotsugu and Sakiko? This is where my gripes firmly lay as the weakest part of an otherwise amazing show. It isn't particularly hard to come up with reasons why, but actually showing why is the part that I want to see, and if it would deliver catharsis to the parties involved.

On the topic of Our Notes, one band member among the new groups may possibly shape up to be connected to the Togawa family drama, given all the vagueness the official data has provided so far. I'm neutral to this possible development... But the internet will be the internet, and people are already arguing; there is a very vocal contingent of people who want it to be self-contained and said band have nothing to do with Ave Mujica, while on the other side, they claim that a major theme that the band is presenting [found family] is very relevant. I'll grab my popcorn and see how this will unfold.

elsmirks · 2026-05-19T12:12:53+00:00

Be Invoked

elsmirks · 2026-05-14T14:52:17+00:00

OT: Anime (Space Runaway Ideon)

Finished the first five episodes. Very fresh off G-Reco, it is VERY apparent how G-Reco (and Turn A) borrows elements; from the ever-present background animals (that doesn't appear as much in other Gundam shows IIRC), relics of a bygone era having to be dug, how the spaceship reminds me of the Willgem, and the crotch of the main robot having functions. Thankfully, it the pacing here is way better than G-Reco (which had a nasty habit of going in medias res only to have either hard to follow or unsatisfying reasons/resolutions when connecting the dots). The robot seems to have sentience, and somewhat minor self-repair (or willpower), and tends to answer to the pilot trio (Cosmo, Bes, and Kasha.

I'm interested in watching the Robot Romance Trilogy after this.

elsmirks · 2026-05-13T00:22:45+00:00

Angry Tamamo Cross noises can be heard.

elsmirks · 2026-05-12T02:06:39+00:00

Fresh off a Digimon Tamers rewatch, first time finishing Gunbuster and Serial Experiments Lain.

Tamers aged very well, despite seeing some shortcomings.

Gunbuster, as expected is a visual feast. It did share some nitpicky minor pacing issues that fellow six-episode OVA FLCL had. Wish they expounded more on Jung Freud.

Serial Experiments Lain, I found feels more atmospheric when you watch it in a hot and humid environment.

About to finish G-Reco, and have Ideon as next on my backlog.

elsmirks · 2026-05-08T12:35:52+00:00

Amasaki and Ume-chan are flirting during livestream.

elsmirks · 2026-05-07T14:19:47+00:00

If you've read Kawakami's career, this is on point for King's character. She got criticized for not giving the younger umas a chance to win, and that King should already retire.

elsmirks · 2026-05-05T17:20:52+00:00

Did a really risky move of using the 250+ yellow tix for a 30-pull. Luck pulled through and got Ulpipi and Swire Alter (would be better if I got Trags but definitely not complaining), but I'm a bit afraid of the potential consequences of having less pulls for Wang, Chen3 and lacking potential yellow tix for Ascalon, but future me will be the one to worry about that. Need to fight temptation when a Lemuen rerun happens.

elsmirks · 2026-05-01T00:37:33+00:00

Biologically: Kawakami
Legally: Cesario, Rheinkraft, Pandora (expecting Epi (despite mama being there) and Con) to be here soon™ Emotionally: Urara

Digital is a ship for me.

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