Overall I liked the first season. I thought the final episode was kind of weak, but I think that had more to do with the adaptation than with the writing. Hopefully the second season will be at least as good.

Was really nice to have a fantasy anime with a bit of effort put into worldbuilding for once.

That was a lot of fun! The art and the writing were both quite charming.

Overall I liked the first season. I thought the final episode was kind of weak, but I think that had more to do with the adaptation than with the writing. Hopefully the second season will be at least as good.

Honestly there's not a whole lot that's like it out there. I really like Summer Time Rendering, and the two shows have a lot in common, but they also have plenty of differences. Summer Time Rendering is a bit less eerie & mystery and is more action-oriented for example.

At least we can read stuff for free on the manga plus app, but pretty much anything that isn't on that app is going to be expensive like you said. And what if I don't want to read on mobile?

Yep! Both the same mangaka and the same animation studio as Nichijou. If anything, the animation is somehow even better.

Those were super popular though. If you were to talk with people about anime 15 years ago that's pretty much all people knew.

Maybe, but the same writer made the story for Pluto as well and by all accounts it's also incredibly good.

Mechs soaring through the sky on hoverboards ended up being a way cooler aesthetic than I expected.

That's just the natural result of so many of them being based off of manga, but there are exceptions! Takopi's Original Sin and LOOK BACK are both recent excellent anime that don't suffer from these issues. One of them finishes its whole story in six impactful episodes, the other is a movie that wraps up in under an hour. Both will make you cry.

Yeah but there's more good anime too. Seems like every year there are several new anime that are worth watching; it wasn't always like this.

There's still plenty of really cool, unique stuff being made. It definitely can be hard to find under all the isekai slop though, so if you're interested in finding good new stuff I'd recommend looking for seasonal review videos from channels like Mothers Basement or Gigguk.