Sounds about right. The original series certainly feels that old.

One of the more memorable ones recently was last season going from watching Medalist, a sweet and wholesome show about a figure skater, to The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really Really, REALLY Love You which is probably the horniest show I’ve ever seen.

Right now I’m going back and forth between Yakitate!! Japan, a very goofy and happy-go-lucky show about a young baker, and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam which is mainly watching people die in space and elsewhere. I think they each make for a good break from the other.

I would argue that it’s because the entire concept doesn’t revolve around it. One-Punch Man works because Saitama’s challenges are with depression and ennui, not physical monsters.

I don’t understand why there are so many of these. Surely even the people who like them can’t watch that many. Also, I don’t understand why Japanese light novels are almost always so low-quality. I realize a lot of them are amateur works but you’d think there would be more than just a few that stand out as good.

I have to wonder, is Char’s soul stuck in the red Gundam’s psycommu? Is that why Shuji can speak with it?

Crazy that Gundam GQuuuuuux, which has been great so far, didn’t make the list.

This week I finally got caught up to Medalist. Wow! This one really deserves the awards it’s received. I know I’ve said this before, but even if you have no interest in figure skating this is well worth the read. At first it’s just enjoyable to watch Inori and her coach, Tsukasa, play off each other. Very soon it becomes fun to watch Inori interact with the other skaters and then eventually Tsukasa spends more time interacting with the other coaches and that was a blast too! The characters are great, the art is great, the tournaments are exciting. What more is there to ask for?

I’ve also made a bit of progress on Fullmetal Alchemist. Most people are already familiar with at least FMA: Brotherhood so I won’t say much here other than “it’s pretty good too”.

This really is just monkey’s paw: the anime. Nico may know exactly how that paw will curl, but that sure doesn’t give her the wisdom to care!

That sure was a way to start an episode of anime.

My guess is it’s because the doofus who wrote the article didn’t do basic research.

It’s frankly embarrassing that Yakitate!! Japan isn’t on the list.

Yeah I dropped that one entirely.

True, it doesn’t feel like enough time to actually do much.

Eh. I haven’t listened so much lately anyways since Chris started obsessing over Crypto.

Seems like you got the general picture.

Like that Lady they kept talking about (I assume the one with a veil) and then her brother(?)

That lady and her family are the Zabi family. They make up the Zeon leadership. Degwin is the father, and the leader of The Duchy of Zeon. I missed whether anything happened to him in this episode to change that. His kids are Ghiren, Garma (stated in this episode to have quit the military), Dozle (stated to have died in battle), and Kycilia (the lady with the veil).

These were all important characters in the original, so I’m curious to see what happens with them this time 'round.

Yeah, a lot of the music, sound effects, and some visuals like the ones you posted were pretty nostalgic. Was weird hearing and seeing them alongside modern high-budget animation.

After watching that episode I was really worried that people who haven’t seen the original Mobile Suit Gundam would mostly be confused and disoriented (it flashed through alternate versions of events spanning the whole 50 episode original series), so I’m relieved that that isn’t the case.

I just watched the first episode of the TV show yesterday and it was pretty good! I’ll probably just keep watching the TV show, but maybe when this movie comes out I can watch it with my wife.

Really cool watching all this AU stuff happen, but it’s also a little frustrating that I definitely can’t recommend this show to people who haven’t seen the original Mobile Suit Gundam. This episode would probably be more confusing than cool or interesting to someone who isn’t familiar with how the One Year War was supposed to have happened.

Also I thought it was super cool that they were using the distinct music from the original, or at least a good remake of it.

• Kowloon Generic Romance - Both episodes I’ve watched have left me saying “that was weird af”, but in a good way. The pacing is less good. I think I might pick up the manga it’s based off of.
• Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux - A solid first episode. Lots of parallels to the start of Zeta Gundam. I’m excited to see where it goes next.
• Witch Watch - A cute series. Wish it were animated a bit better. Super good-looking OP though.
• Yakitate!! Japan - My god. This is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. I’m only three episodes in but it’s just so dang charming. Want to watch a kid with with the superpower of slightly warmer than average hands create the greatest breads known to man? Want to watch him do it surrounded by a bunch of other crazy characters? This is your show.