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Hi everybody! It is time for what I am sure is everybody’s favorite thread of the week, the weekly general thread! How have things been going for you with the winter season this past week? I have seen a lot of new faces in this community over tha past week (it’s anybody’s guess as to why), so if you have recently joined us, feel free to introduce yourself in this thread as well! If you are searching for something to say, here are some example discussion starters to inspire you:

  • Is High Card about how to register for your medical marijuana card?
  • I feel lied to by Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! I was waiting in the snow for a train that was late the other day, and no gals started talking to me. Instead, I just got literal cold feet.
  • I wonder if that little robot bird from Metallic Rouge was also running linux like its forebear, the Ingenuity copter?

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).

  • @[email protected]English
    6•10 months ago

    Seasonal anime I’m watching:

    • Dungeon Meshi: I liked the first two episodes, they’re well animated and Marcille is my favorite character. Netflix has wrong colors as usual, so I would recommend alternative sources.
    • Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete: idk about this one, I’m not into bdsm and I doubt it will improve much. Censored audio with uncensored video is a weird choice.
    • Metallic Rouge: I was a bit disappointed, the world feels generic but it’s too soon to judge.
    • Sengoku Youko: I’ll trust Mizukami’s fans and watch a couple more episodes, but the first one was just an average shounen.
    • Urusei Yatsura: it’s back and the new OP and ED are beautiful! I love the animation, the dumb characters, the 80s style. Imo underrated and underwatched.
    • Yubisaki to Renren: the surprise of the season for me, it’s super cute and I’m glad to see a romance show with university students vs the usual high schoolers.

    I’m also watching:

    • Sousou no Frieren, Kusuriya no Hitorigoto and Undead Unluck continuing from the last season. Great shows, especially the first two.
    • Taiho Shichauzo: simple episodic fun to turn off the brain. Natsumi is best girl. The first four episodes were distributed in OVA format and have much better animation.
    • Turn A Gundam: I wanted to give Gundam a second chance after Suisei no Majo and was attracted by the unique artstyle and plot. I’m only at episode 11 and it’s already an incredible series. I’ll definitely watch 0078 and go in order after this one.
    • Hoshikuzu Telepath: I dropped it last season but decided to finish it. An average CGDCT show with an introvert protagonist and rockets.

    I’m new to Lemmy and subscribed to talk about anime, manga and foss. I’ve been a lurker on Reddit for ~5 years with very few posts and left after the whole API shitshow. I’ll try my best to be active and help grow the community!

    Edit: I forgot Dosanko Gal wa Namaramenkoi which I decided to drop. I looks like the usual romcom formula with a self insert protagonist, a designated “winner” from the start and a harem. The animation is nothing special, slightly worse than average.

    • @[email protected]OPMEnglish
      3•10 months ago

      Netflix colors

      Looking at a couple of them, it doesn’t seem too egregious, but as I was doing it I realized that my monitor is basically a hand-me-down that is ancient, so not sure if would be the best to compare small color differences. In fact, I know the colors are pretty bad since I always check any photos I retouch on my wife’s macbook to make sure that I didn’t push the colors too far in lightroom so that it looks like the picture came from Wonka’s factory. I wonder what causes something like this. Could it be that Netflix has to encode to a different format for their streaming platform?

      Yubisaki to Renren

      This one wasn’t on my radar at all before the season, but it seems to have gotten a lot of great reception. If the buzz sticks around a little bit, I might give it a shot. Like you, I am dropping Hokkaido Gals, so it could fill that slot.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•10 months ago

        I wonder what causes something like this. Could it be that Netflix has to encode to a different format for their streaming platform?

        Netflix uses H264 with Main@L4 profile for their SDR streams. I don’t see anything weird in their encoding settings, so it’s probably some filter that causes a color shift. It isn’t a huge difference in this case, but definitely noticeable on my 200€ monitor.

        Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon was horrible.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•10 months ago

          relevant XKCD
          I have taken a look at the colors in DM and I don’t see a huge difference. (It’s there but it wouldn’t bother me) Maybe perhaps it is a difference in imagining objects. I imagine objects as 3d objects with movement without color. Maybe you imagine objects differently that make you bothered because of difference between what you perceive and what you remember.