one of the best Anime I've seen in 35 years

I love the gentle sadness about losing loved ones. It's used subtly but always there.

@@DieWitness It's definitely one of the most mature anime I've seen. It's a stark contrast to a lot of western media, where it seems like the writers don't know how to be adults.

yeah and stupid isekai

​@@DieWitness35 year? Expand your horizons.

You joke, but I've been moved more by anime in the last few years than anything Hollywood has pushed out.

@@jonbaxter2254 i've seen tens if not more than a hundred comments saying that after watching JJK s2 they started going to the gym, because Toji inspired them. There's definitely some inspiring going on, which is strong enough to change how people live their lives.

@@jonbaxter2254 Because even for a geek like me, it’s hard to imagine as many Hollywood bangers or even undeniably positive experiences as anime could offer in the same amount of time.

You got a favourite opening song? Mine is the one from Chainsaw Man. @@andrewfantome4020

Enjoy it while it lasts, because they already asked for that sweet ESG moola from the owners of the planet at Blackrock.

Too late. Twitter weirdos all over that.

I mean. If you watch it dubbed it's too late.

It's manga that is the basis for most Anime so you don't have the competing vision for storytelling. Most of the time it is the writers greatest work so they'll try to protect it somewhat.

Waaay too late.........

Always use subtitles and don't rely on dubbing. They don't have many great live action actors but they got competent voice actors. If you like the anime try and read the manga, like book adaptations, they leave something out sometimes when the animators and mangaka are not on the same page.

Imagine how anime fans are going to react when they find out that's the one piece.

Reminds me of what Ging, Gon's father in Hunter X Hunter says at the end of the 2011 anime. "Enjoy the little detours on your way to their Fullest, cause it is there that you'll find the things more important that what you were looking for"

​@@oldmanbiscuit7518actually, Oda has stated that the One Piece will be a physical thing, its not metaphorical

@@jonevarty2205 yeah, the physical thing is a crew that loves you.

​@jonevarty2205 affection can be shown physically too😂

That's how a lot of anime... At least the ones that focus on the story rather than solely on action scenes...

@@ChaosMind10531 That's why i still watch it, and don't bother with American TV. US TV shows never have a beginning or an end. They just run on forever until they run out of money, than wrap it up poorly. Anime has a beginning and an end, it's rare something gets rushed to the end, but even in that case, it's usually planned ahead of time but compressed.

It took gundam forever to get here

Ik right smh ​@@jeromemorgan6155

Every one comes early for him. ... Wait...

Same here Watching MONSTER now 😮

Unfortunately, Gundam itself chose the Hollywood route when the franchise had the opportunity to make its own female protagonist.

"Those idiots, they lied to me, they did not maintain the flavor in 80 years, they made it better"

Yup.

i dont watch any hollywood stuff, its overrated

I almost never watch movies on my own anymore because they're just not interesting. Anime on the other hand I can easily binge 10 or more episodes straight, because it's so easy to get absorbed since it feels like they are actually trying to tell a story

*SENSHI* {[8-§=== XD

A cowardly dwarf at that. Fighting his demons while fighting demons

I bet under that clothing he’s just as ripped at his apprentice. But with long life it’ll take a toll on his health differently.

Have you read Saihate no Paladin? The dwarves in that are fricking awesome.

Isn't that the exact opposite of cowardly? @@kaelthunderhoof5619

How dare you miss Fern.

Thanks for the added context! I had no idea, and you're right, their names describe their characters so well.

Fern - distant Stark - strong Ubel - ugly (here for personality) Denken - thoughtful/thinking You can tell what a character will be like more less from the name.

​@@Atavar74zoltrak is one of the few english based spells. "Soul Track". It was , after all, created to track its target and oblirerate it.

@@Atavar74 YES. The folk music of the show is beautiful and sets the tone perfectly.

yeah ngl it feels like lord of the ring after darkness perish

@@ikhsanjava5782 I also felt it more like LOTR vibes.

it is the rare stories that happens after the major event. what is the world fifty years after it was saved. this is what was missed after everyone got dusted and it was shown for five minutes an than solved in thirty in endgame. we could get one or even multiple movies like this. or even better, after endgame, yes, the people got magicked back, but the destruction not removed. what happens with the people after that? in world five yeas passed, the young couple that halved and moved on, than the dusted half comes back, from his/her perspective, seconds passed, the other side aged five years and have two children with her/his new partner, what now?

Yes totally agree especially the soundtrack it gives me LOTR vibes

It fits so beautifully

prob the only anime that did it right, Angel Beats may be too, but im not sure

It's called talented writing. Haha. Something completely foreign to current Hollywood.

As someone who prefers men MC because writers care to actually write the character instead of just trying to prove their political/ideology view...I have to admit that Frieren is definitely one of the best female MC I have seen. The first thing I noticed about her and got me into it is how unique the themes and topics the manga has AND how frieren is not sexualised. Its so refreshing to see ,between so many isekai/power fantasy/Harem full of cliche and fanservice , a manga/anime where the priority are topics like the transcendence of time and family values. I

it only works on anime people, it's cute and all but not really an interesting story.

​@@ggadams639people have their own taste and understanding. 👍 What would you reccomend for similar FMC type to this show?

​@@ggadams639 How about you watch Attack on Titan, Vinland Saga or Berserk (1998) and come back here and tell us your experience

One of the most brutal Mic Drop moments I've ever seen in any media.

Ngl, when she made the demon do that, I kinda felt bad for her eventhough she was evil. I actually never expected Frieren to be so brutal. She seemed more like a chill person.

​@anonisnoone6125 the deception of demons is a truly powerful force if it can break the fourth wall like this.

watching her break the seal barrier of Siere was the most hyped i have been watching something in months. a😊nd i have been watching jjk

@@anonisnoone6125 I mean she's literally called Frieren the Demon Slayer. She's killed more demons than anyone in history

you're spot on. i think the first episode alone is a perfect microcosm of how the rest of the series will go. i understand and empathize with characters in this series after knowing them for only 3 or 4 minutes. that first episode has such a tall task that requires you to care about the hero party after spending only 10 minutes or so with them. and if you don't, the rest of the episode (and series for that matter) would not hit as hard.

Yeah, what was that about???

Gundam has always had issues with words, it's no big deal.

I try not to give a person too much guff over mispronouncing a word. Someone once said that this implies they read the word somewhere but never heard it spoken, implying they're literate and have taste.

O M G XD

@LT-dn7mt I am groot

Thank you, clouds are white

Thanks Tom. The weather is a sludge of grey coming from Hollywood...

I miss Twitch THOT Billy 😔.

Actually the sky is Himmel.

"Ohhhh, high chance of precipitation...from my shorts."

There's also those little Details !SPOILER! Like you learn she collects even silly Spells and useless Spells like turning grapes sour, you later learn that Himmel really enjoyed the silly spells and Eisen's favorite food is sour grapes. So she always cared about them but never actually realized until it was too late.

Old movies can. But only the old ones

to be fair, movies dont have that much runtime compared to a series... but then again most movies suck nowadays. so i guess your point kind of stands? 😂

@@joesoq most anime suck aswell tbh frieren is an exception not a rule

This show did two things to me, Make me realise I would never experience spiderverse for the first time again and make me actually appreciate side quest in Spider-Man video games. Hollywood wishes it could promote Spider-Man like anime does

XD

ME TOO

I abandoned western pop culture and entertainment a long time. As in 2019 long time ago.

@@Mr_Mistah "western pop culture " Can we please talk about the fact that Europe does its own thing and some of it is incredible. For some reason, most Americans I talk to believe it's all artsy-fartsy. It's not. Watch "Heavy Trip" (Finnish), and tell me how "western pop culture" is dead. It drives me crazy how all these great movies don't make it into the American market.

@@p.s.shnabel3409 To be fair I have watched European content like French animations that wasn't trying to be subversive or political that I enjoyed but yes I'm mainly referring to American culture

O M G XD

That bar isn't high to begin with tho

@@n4ughty_knight That's true, but it's still really strong writing if you can bring the audience to care about characters, that are only there for 10 minutes (half an episode)

and the fact that when asked about Heiter she said "he is in heaven now" despite her prior doubts and apathy about afterlife, almost made me teared up, she actually understands and recognizes as well as participates about the sentiment now of other people about afterlife. it is done so quickly and subtly but it hits

Her patting Heiter's head is actually important. Religiously they talk about praising the other in life and the Goddess will praise you after. Well you have to praise someone in a way you can both understand and as an elf and human, they live very different lives. Yet the headpats are something they can both relate to and reciprocate.

Man, my friends in highschool are so distant now after going through college.

Is that what you people do these days? Read or watch stuff to give yourself an existencial crisis? If you want one, just look at real life. That's why so many people run away from it.

This is why I said to people that Frieren might not be THAT enjoyable for younger people, not just of age, but experience in life. I've seen so many comments saying that Frieren is a chill anime, but to me, most of each line in this show hits really hard and too close to home sometimes.

@@kaelthunderhoof5619 my high school friends met up for 3 years in the summer a lot during college then almost nothing after that as adulting really started, we all used to come back to our hometown between college terms

This will be a classic for sure

I've been trying to start reading Berserk for years now but I can't get past the fact that the story is kinda lame. Cowboy Bebob is just post-modernism in anime form.

@@ServantBerserkerZero definitely a modern classic

the thing about demons is that they're NOT evil. the way how they think makes them to look evil for other races, but they just don't understand things. they don't raise thier children, so they have no concept of family. they're lonely race, so they don't understad the value of someone's life, only thier own. btw, they were presented as "predators" but there was a moment one of them were eating apple in ep.8, so they prob omnivores. thier biggest problem is that thier lack of undersstanding other life value turns any attempts of coexisting to simple making it worse. also they too hierarchical tocoexist in society with other races, because they will never listen someone who appears to be weaker for them.

You should read the manga (or wait for season 2), the longer arc after where the anime ended explored that morality a whole lot deeper. There's one of the best villain I've ever seen in any media.

Honestly don't like Freiren

Autism the anime. Buddy I got bad news if this entertained you.

It's ok to be wrong ​@@sincerelynotme3522

But there are moments where she struggles. Saitama doesn't have such moments.

@@t34r Sure, it's not an exact parallel, but generally the stakes are pretty low as far as her physical safety. Most of the fights she's involved in just serve to show how OP she really is.

@@FreakazoidRobots that"s why Fern an Stark are here

@@t34r There is parallels in the idea that they are very powerful but their struggles exists in the mundane and non-violent, like bonding with others. I think they have some very similar struggles, such as trying to achieve certain qualifications (that they are massively overqualified for but kinda dimwitted about), financial frugality, or having an apprentice.

She is barely in top10 in the verse.

The dwarven Knight episode really hit hard. His failing memory being briefly reawakened was such a sad scene. If youve ever dealt with a family member who suffers dementia, it hits so close to home.

@@michaellorah9051 Dementia is one my deepest fears. One of my uncles was a promising student back in university. Then, his father passed away and he had to abandon his dreams in order take of his mother and his brother. His bother was already crazy when a girl at work rejected him and his mother suffered dementia afterwards. My uncle turned to farming to support himself and became an active member of local communities to break the monotony.

He wants to visit his late wife's grave

The characters even at one appearance makes you curious about their life. Just like Kraft, you'd think he was just a wandering monk but he's just another legendary hero that was forgotten in time. I've been thinking till this day about his story.

@@kaelthunderhoof5619When he called Frieren "young", you get a feel for just how far back in time elves lived, and even Frieren mentions "the age of mythology" when the goddess last appeared. So much world-building lore just casually dropped here and there, it really makes the story (I've also been reading the manga) interesting.

The flash back with his brother make me sad 🤧🤧🤧

I pushed the boat out and watched live action One Piece the other day... so I'm getting there.

Saddly there is very few series every year that are worth watching, and some of the masterpieces really spoil the fun for a lot of them in terms of expectation.

Same

10 years? dunno man id say at least 20(cuz you know, lord of the rings)...

Of course you can watch it on mute , it has subtitles 😂

@@matejmotuz108 Ba dum tch?

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Yeah, the sad part is that some modern shows think that they need to tell more than show; it’s as if they think that people are super dense.

I mean… it can be very weird.

Well, they're not wrong

80% of anime has a weird obsession with drawing underage girls in hypersexualized ways. Netflix Cuties vibes in anime big time

They aren't wrong. It can get pretty weird and degenerate. But that's art for ya. It's not always meant to feel comfortable.

There are weird anime there though​@@Azakadune

I am new to anime,with recent controversy of anime localizers inserting wokeness in the dub,how should i watch it? Are subtitles also changed?

​@@FoxyCAMTVit's definitely better, from what I know

well it's currently ranked as #1 on myanimelist, somehow beating Fullmetal Alchemmist: Brotherhood

@@FoxyCAMTV Regarding subs vs dubs, I'm not that kind of person who says one is always better just because, but with anime I can't bring myself to NOT watch with subs, even before/without the wokeness, their voice acting is on another level, it's not even compareable to Hollywood. That said, I'm a non-native english speaker, so I'm used to subs in any kind of media since I was a kid and I understand for native english speakers it might "hard" to read subs while watching a show, but I think you'll get used to it.

How did that go? Considering Ivy League schools are so woke. lol

​@@miguelgonzalez6495they cannibalised him

@@miguelgonzalez6495Berkeley is not an Ivy League, but I see your point though

Any update. But given that like with the translator injecting their bullshit instead of actually translating the source material I rather have no woke young people around that do harm to anime. In the end I rather praise to the AI overlord then have anime ruined by the kids that slurping propaganda and ideology as if it's nothing.

I love Natsume's Book of Friends, and yes Frieren has that same gentle vibe to it.

I was gonna bring this up as well. I binged watch Natsume a few years ago and it really touched me in how I look at my own life and Frieren is doing the same thing. They really are special animes I would highly recommend.

Oh yeah, and both of the main characters were distant because they're different from others, but now they're trying to have closer relationships with them.

Thank you for the recommendation, gonna binge watch this as soon as I get the chance.

私は日本人ですが、夏目友人帳が日本人以外からも視聴されているのは驚きです 今までの人生で「夏目友人帳が好き」と言う人に悪い人はいませんでした

Hollywood is too stupid to learn. They're still convinced that _they_ know better.

And she's voice by Anya Forger!

Ok to be fair Freiren is kinda a Mary Sue but its so well executed and justified that you end up not caring about it.

I disagree. She is a century old, maybe more. So she has several decades of experience, she isn't powergirl just because. Besides, Frieren can't beat a chest mimic.

@@saulothebebop2581 Kinda like "Nausicaa."

The manga is even better.

The soundtrack is amazing, perfectly matches the melancholy, wistful feel of the anime.

Mushoku tensei is another one up there. The character development in that show is insane.

Genuinely. You might need to get diagnosed. This show is appealing to the same people that really *really* like trains.

Love that show, can't wait for series 3.@@solaroid4442

I think what helped Himmels popularity is both the reveal of his achievements (the sword for those that know) and using flashbacks to HELP tell the story and not as filler or off screen power ups. The sword reveal simply was amazing for me, it's such a small detail to change to tell the story but was so effectively used. I was happy knowing this was getting a anime and I'm twice or thrice shocked how well it's doing between quality and reception considering how Shounen bottlenecked popularity polls for so long.

Same could be said about Frieren - Sometimes goofy & silly, sometimes smug, sometimes nervous and uncertain and in battle utterly cold and ruthless.

Freren isn't complex. She is autistic and many people for some odd reason feel connected to that. (((I wonder why)))

Plus Maomao is adorable

​@@jonbaxter2254Maomao is amazing.

Hadith 4, 40 Hadith Qudsi On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah said: Sons of Adam inveigh against [the vicissitudes of] Time, and I am Time, in My hand is the night and the day

The world is burning, let’s memeturbate

They can't connect with anyone because it's a foreign concept to them nor do they have any real friends.

The show has a spectacular sense of setup and payoff for gags as well. The moment the "X-ray spell" scene started I knew what was coming, but the way they understated the delivery of the punchline was so smooth.

Well said!

Frieren isn't smug about her abilities, prowess, experience, or millennia of knowledge. But she is incredibly smug about the dumbest of things.

@@ryllharu And that's what makes her so cute!

Indeed, besides the fact she had a teacher and master 1000 years before the begining of the story; she cant be compared to Hollywood's mary sue's, who take them the next instant that they receive their power or the script requires them to be superior to perfectly achieve their new, untrained, uncontrollable power Even Loki was well constructed to that situation when he acquired his timeslip power, it took him most of the second season to understand and thousands and possibly hundreds of thousands to perfect, to mold to his needs and to reach beyond himself Hollywood still has potential, but for the time being its being muddled by self insertion and activism

Berserk is the best manga ever written and it’s a shame it never got a proper anime adaptation. If ur in to seinen u should try Vagabond. It’s fantastic too

@@randy_the_scientologist thanks for recommending vagabond it's been on my list of next Mangas to read. Ordered the box set of chainsaw man and read it within 2 days. Waiting for books 12 and 13 to come in the mail. I'll order vagabond next paycheck.

"I have no enemies..." chills.

I'm really hoping to see S3 of VS.

Finished watching Heavenly Delusion for the second time yesterday. It's much more impactful when you know what happens in the end of the season and start to "connect the dots" early. Criminally underrated indeed. Super hyped for season 2, but I think it might take a while because the anime almost caught up with the manga

same; I've binged whatever was left of the manga after the anime ended and was disapointed to realize there isn't even enough material for a season 2 yet@@layerp

Heavenly Delusion was my number 1 for 2023. It's definitely in my top 10 favorite anime now.

YOASOBI is amazing! Also the ending is just one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. So glad they kept it for the second half of the show.

Same

I came into this world the same year "Astroboy" premiered, grew up watching it & I've been an anime fan ever since.

You seeen Black Lagoon? That's my favourite anime that is a bit old.

Did you like bloodlust? I remember watching it after school in like 11th grade. Fantastic but I've never seen the first movie.

It's definitely up there. Right now it's #1 on MAL.

Actually one of the background artist from Studio Ghibli is actually working on Frieren.

"What ultimately makes any character interesting is their weakness" - No, it isn't, and I am getting tired of this nonsense being repeated. What makes a character interesting is the story the author chooses to tell with them. Characters are not interesting because of their flaws. Frieren's whole story starts because EVERYONE else has a weakness that she herself LACKS, that being mortality. This nonsense about flaws is just Todd Macfarlane all over again telling us that Superman is a boring character because he is such a boyscout. No, he isn't. You can absolutely tell an amazing story about a character without flaws. Superman isn't made interesting by the fact that he has a weakness to kryptonite. Saitama's weird character isn't a flaw. Aragorn is interesting because he is inspiring, because of his STRENGTHS. Boromir's story is engaging because of its tragic elements, not because he is "weak" in some way. Going on from this, the MSheU isn't boring because their female characters are "without flaws". Captain Marvel for example has plenty of flaws. She is arrogant, unlikeable, lacks self reflection and humility. It's a boring film because the writers are hacks who fail to make these characters do anything engaging and do not give them a sensible story arc that makes use of their intrinsic characteristics and personalities. Another example from anime is the 1993 show "Moldiver". the very intro blurb tells us that the main character has invented a machine that makes him invincible. It is a story about a character who cannot lose and it is nevertheless one of the most HILARIOUS shows I have ever watched.

Frieren greatest strength is never fighting, but rather solving riddles/magic/barriers. Nobody is above her when it comes to this, not even serie. She just cannot imagine herself being trapped by something.

Yup

Also don’t sleep on the _Blade of the Immortal_ remake. Fantastic period drama.

Plus those burger steak things looked incredible.

So she's basically one of those old master kind of characters who don't fight until it's absolutely necessary. Eh, doesn't it get boring after a while? I hate OP characters because there's no growth, only exposition.

@n4ughty_knight It's about the journey, but also, it's about building relationships and mortality. There is action, but it is paced very well, in my opinion, but it isn't the main aspect of the show.

​@@n4ughty_knightit's absolutely not like that, just give it a go and you wilk see.

She only seems overpowered right now. Yes she is very powerful, but even in the show she has admitted that there are far stronger out there.

Mushishi is such a great pick! I wish it and Natsume Yuujinchou got as much love as this and Violet Evergarden, because all of them are amazing, impactful stories that stick with you.

People on twitter will literally seek out content they think contains problematic themes just so they can complain about it

@@Mr_Mistah Nothing hyperinflation won't fix. There's gonna be plenty to complain about.

"Frieren" I'm not familiar with; I shall have to look that up..." Seriously, it's a masterpiece. Actually one of the greatest stories ever told, anime or otherwise. It's right up there with Mushoku Tensei.

It is a dogshit show dude. If you are not socially stunted, it is a genuine waste of runtime. I can not stress this enough.

yup I agree!

I don't follow the Drinker since he recommended that trash called Blue Eyed Samurai

@@n4ughty_knight what was wrong with it? I only got several episodes in but was enjoying it. Can't watch further because I don't have whatever service required to watch it

@@scuffeddeimos It has the typical woke formula: Strong independent wahmen Mary Sue, all men are bad; "European colonization is bad" message; and racial issues. Here's an example: The protagonist, Mizu, fakes her gender because women can't be samurai (historically, that's a lie) so the blind sword maker takes her in. She's able to learn sword styles just by looking at men training their kata which doesn't make sense at all. Maybe it's because she's a woman.