Re:Zero watch order?

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As the title says, i am a bit confused about the watch order of Re:Zero, and would like to know in which order do i watch them.

Do i watch the movie first, or the series, etc...? And is the director's cut all that important?

Thanks in advance 👍​:ablobcatblink:​

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I posted about my very visceral reaction to K-On! last month and I did not expect to find another show that would surprise-gut-punch me with all the feels so quickly.

I've had Medalist on my watch list since it came out at the beginning of the year and I've put it off for quite some time because I'm not a sports guy and figure skating just wasn't much of a draw to me. I had seen here and there people recommending it, often people who clearly shared my taste, but it wasn't from a studio I was familiar with, it isn't about a thing I'm particularly interested in, and on Anilist the genres are listed as "drama", "psychological", and "sports". I assumed it was some maudlin, depressing thing. Boy, was I wrong.

Now I don't think the tags are wrong, per se, but this show is funny, heartwarming, and brilliantly upbeat, as well as being a dramatic, and occasionally intense, sports anime. I think I cried in more episodes than I didn't, but always happy tears. I am a 40 year old childless man and this show made me wonder if I wanted kids. I still don't, I'm pretty sure, but fuck me if this show doesn't make being a teacher or coach look like the most rewarding career.

The show's direction and performances are fucking gripping. The CG is very well executed, and the 2D animation is stellar. In the actual skating sequences, the direction and use of more expressive surrealist elements like motion lines and vignettes really drive home the beauty and difficulty of the sport. It's legitimately some impressive filmmaking.

Inori and Tsukasa are both adorable goofballs with deep-seated trauma and hearts of gold. Tsukasa is also INCREDIBLY hot, not just because he's a dancer and athlete but because he's kind and empathetic and patient. Inori is so charming and so strong, while still really feeling like a 10 year old girl. It's so painful to see her sad and so joyous to see her happy. They both believe in each other, and help the other to believe in themselves.

They use exaggerated cartooning a lot which I always love; like Bocchi The Rock or Maomao from Apothecary Diaries, they aren't afraid to make the characters larger than life and go way off model. It really uses the medium of animation to great effect, something I'm always happy about. Special shoutout to Mike-chan and her hilarious cat eyes.

This thing is a masterpiece, full stop. I'm a little pissed at myself for not picking this one up earlier, but if I'm gonna take anything away from this show, it's that it's never too late.

The TikTok First-Half Trend Awards 2025 took place on June 24 at Spiral Hall in Aoyama, Tokyo, spotlighting the content that dominated users’ feeds in the first half of the year. Taking the spotlight was the hit anime The Apothecary Diaries, which not only won in the Manga/Anime category but also claimed the Grand Prize. ……

The relevant part of the ceremony can be seen here on Youtube (in Japanese).

As before, cleaned up Youtube's subtitles and ran it through DeepL.

This time it is from Xiaolan whom we haven't heard from for a while.

Xiaolan's Diaries
“Friends”

I wonder where Maomao and Shisui have gone. They don't show up at the bathhouse at all, and she is not at the doctor's office either. I even went all the way to the peach orchard in the north side to look for them.

I can't help it now. Until they come back I'll do my best with Sekiu-sama on the massage job!

Here's a trivia from Xiaolan.

Rumor has it that, with the friend who gave me the hair string and the friends who accompanied me to the bathhouse, our friendship will last forever, forever and ever.

Huh? Come to think of it, where did I first met Maomao and Shisui? When did we become good friends? I forgot. I'll ask them when they come back.

Run-ta-ta-ta-ta-tan.

Next time, “The Beginning”
Please look forward to it.

To be continued

小蘭のひとりごと
『友達』

猫猫も子翠も一体どこに行っちゃったんだろう。 湯殿にも全く顔出さないし、医局にもいない。 わざわざ北側の桃園まで見に行ったのに。

全くもう仕方ないな。二人が帰ってくるまで マッサージのお仕事は赤羽様と頑張るか！

ここで小蘭の豆知識。

噂話だけど、髪紐をくれた友達と 湯殿の付き合いをした友達との友情は ずっと、ずっと、ずぅ～っと続くんだって。

あれ？　そういえば猫猫や子翠ってどこで初めてあったんだ？ いつから仲良しになったんだっけ？ 忘れちゃった。 二人が戻ってきたら聞いてみよう。

るんたたたたたん。

次回、『はじまり』
お楽しみに。

つづく

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High schooler Wakana Gojou cares about one thing: making Hina dolls. With nobody to share his obsession, he has trouble finding friends—or even holding conversation. But after the school’s most popular girl, Marin Kitagawa, reveals a secret of her own, he discovers a new purpose for his sewing skills. Together, they’ll make her cosplay dreams come true!

1. Dan Da Dan S2
2. Lord of the Mysteries
3. Reborn as a Vending Machine, Now I Wander the Dungeon S2
4. My Dress Up Darling S2
5. The Summer Hikaru Died
6. Grand Blue S2
7. Leviathan
8. Gachiakuta
9. Kaiju No. 8 S2
10. Sakamoto Days S1P2
11. Doctor Stone Science Future Cour 2
12. Sword of the Demon Hunter Cour 2

No premiere date announced yet. Check out the ANN article for additional information. Synopsis for the first season from AniList:

It’s one thing to get reincarnated as a righteous hero. It’s another thing entirely to get reincarnated as a villain! Our protagonist was just reincarnated into the body of Princess Pride Royal Ivy, the last boss and ultimate villain of her favorite otome game. But evil just isn’t her style, so she’ll use Pride’s powerful abilities to sow peace and love instead of discord! Can she change the fate of this vile villainess, or is her role in the story already rotten to the core?

In the end...

...his wish came true
😭 Kyouma finally came back

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Premieres July 4th. The new PV is here. Check out the ANN article for additional information. Synopsis from AniList:

Monica Everett, the Silent Witch, is the world’s only practitioner of Voiceless Magic, a veritable heroine who single-handedly fended off the Black Dragon of legend. However, the young prodigy is actually…super-duper shy! Yup, turns out she only learned Voiceless Magic to avoid speaking in public. Ignorant of this, the Seven Sages have placed her on a top-secret mission to guard the Second Prince. Can Monica keep it together as she contends with both social interaction and the evils targeting the young royal?

The movie has just started showing in Japanese theaters, and Kyoto Animation generously put the first 10 minutes up on Youtube so check it out if you are interested.

No premiere date announced yet. This announcement comes as the first season finale aired today. Check out the ANN article for additional information. Synopsis for the first season from AniList:

Yuke, a red mage, angrily declares that he's leaving Thunder Pike, the A-rank party he's been with for five years, because he's fed up with being insulted and ridiculed by the other members.

While searching for a new party, he runs into his former students Marina, Silk, and Rain, and decides to join their party, Clover. Encouraged by their admiration of him as their teacher, Yuke leads them in completing several quests that show off his own extraordinary magic and skills while bringing out the girls' abilities to their fullest.

Then, through an "adventure broadcast" by an artifact known as Camelot, Clover becomes well-known throughout society. The party's dream is to conquer Achromatic Darkness, the most challenging dungeon of all, but as they take on other dungeons in hopes of eventually achieving that goal, they gradually become entangled in chaos that threatens the whole world...

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The setting is Taisho era Japan. Tanjirou is a kindhearted young boy who lived peacefully with his family as a coal seller. Their normal life changes completely when his family is slaughtered by demons. The only other survivor, Tanjirou's younger sister Nezuko, has become a ferocious demon. In order to return Nezuko to normal and get revenge on the demon that killed their family, the two of them depart on a journey. From a young talent, an adventure tale of blood and swords begins!

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Nezuko Kamado (Demon Slayer)

Frieren (Sousou no Frieren)

Could they reach an understanding?

Could her brother save her?

Would Nezuko win?

All random thoughts I had and more.

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MAL entry

I didn't even know this existed until a couple of days ago, when a bizarre screed about it got posted.

Apparently it was funded at least in part by NFTs, and apparently there was some AI involvement (which I would've presumed anyway, since it looks hand drawn,, and pretty much nobody is willing to pay for that today), and the story involves a mysterious society of villains and a scattered group of heroes who have to come together to defeat them, and somehow that means that it's Nazi.

Yeah... I didn't get it either. I guess that means that everything from Lord of the Rings to Sailor Moon is also Nazi.

But anyway, what the screed did for me was Streisand it, so I tracked it down and watched it.

And I'd say mostly what it was was cheesy.

The animation was actually sort of neat, because it not only looked to be hand drawn but of notably high quality. And it had a very 80s/90s aesthetic.

The story - what there was of it - was pretty much pure tropes. In the distant past, some sort of hyper inelligent galactic "mother" maintained peace, but it was destroyed by the big bad evil group and it broke into parts, in the form of super warriors who for some reason represent every possible version of 90s gyaru culture, who were scattered across the galaxy and who must now come together to fight against the big bad evil.

And that was pretty much the extent of it. It showed a bunch of characters, but only really focused on two, and didn't even reveal much about them other than that they apparently have complicated histories. And as I already noted, the artstyle was sort of neat. But nothing else particularly stood out one way or another.

I would presume that this was meant as essentially a pilot episode for a potential series/franchise, and if it happens, I'll likely check it out, because it could be pretty good with the right balance of nostalgia and originality. But I don't think that's particularly likely, and I won't miss it if it just fades away, because really, to me, all it was was... okay. Sort of intriguing, but no big deal really.

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