Rumigod returns today to save anime once again like the queen that she is.
>It's a fusion between Ranma and InuyashahypeI hope he has a cooler older brother that beats his ass every day and he turns into a woman when he eats soup.
No hype whatsoever? I find that hard to believe.
It's not on my piracy site of choice yet.
>>287235829>returns today to save anime once againNot until October when Ranma returns.
How long for a torrent after it airs?
What's the feet status in MAO?
>>287237151Mainly in flashbacks
>>287236817He does have a cooler older brother, and he does turn into something
>>287237370Shame. I like Rumiko's feetservice.
I remeber when rinne saved anime a couple years ago
>>287236841you were too early it just finished airing in japan
>>287235829nice music score
episode 1 we got the whole op, ed, the male mc shirtless and the fem mc in the bath
I don't expect it to set the world on fire, but I hope it gets more English speakers reading the manga.
First episode followed the manga pretty much verbatimAside from the pacing being a bit fast, I didn't really see anything to complain aboutNanoka expressions felt a lot more Inuyasha/Yashahime-esque than they do in the mangaThere was a fair bit of blood, which is nice, although I'll wait until I see what they do with Kamon's introduction before passing the verdict on how censored the gore is
>>287238785Some of the sound effects and line reads in comedy moments changed the vibe a bit. Maybe a bit more generic? Hard to say. MAO as a series has humor in it, but it is always a bit dry so this felt a bit less so.
>[ToonsHub] MAO S01E01 1080p BILI WEB-DL AAC2.0 H.265 (Multi-Subs)
>>287239431>BILInaruhodo so bilibili is that guy
>>287238643post the /fa/ moments you know the ones
An old classic, now in color
>>287235829Quick question: Is this series actually good?
>>287235829Nipple status?
>>287239978YesBut is very slow pacedHope the anime fixes that
>>287239994They won't be getting to the one (1, uno, singular) nipple until a few episodes in, we'll let you know then
>>287240086I thought there were no nipples in Rumiko's newer works anymore.
>>287240633Like I said, Mao has the one. Rinne had them here and there too, although not for any major character.
>>287240863>Rinne had them here and there too, although not for any major characterWhat the fuck, I didn't know that at all.
>>287240920It was pretty rare, but it did happen
>>287240956It's a shame we didn't get that one final season to finish off the series. Imagine making 75 episodes and leaving the story unfinished instead of 100 and being done with it...
If it's not feMC nipples, it's meaningless. Only feMC nipples have value.
>>287239431>[ToonsHub] MAO S01E01 1080p AMZN WEB-DL DDP2.0 H.264 (Multi-Subs)No one ripped from Hulu US?
>>287241285Not out yet4 more hours left
>>287241485KEK, always make fun of brits and their tv license.
1st ep was good, 8/10
Not sure how I feel about the Inuyasha-style character name pop-upsI suppose they're inoffensive enough
>>287241485Meiji era time travel?
>>287241632>Inuyasha-style character name pop-upswasn't that a yashahime thing?
>>287241918close, it's the era after, the taisho era
That was very normal
Comfy ByoukiNice first episode, I like the coloring style, the music and the voices.
>>287241923It certainly annoyed me in Yashahime. I haven't actually watched the Inuyasha anime, but I assumed it happened there too. Maybe I'm wrong.
>>287241485The first time I heard about the sword ban was in fucking Gintama
>>287242011It did happen in JP Inuyasha, constantly in fact. Maybe the Toonami version removed it? I'm not a burger so I don't know.
>>287242011>>287242052maybe in the final act, but the first anime run's 160 eps certainly didn't
>>287235829The art is a substantial improvement over the manga.
>>287242327I've always maintained that the art is generally the weakest part of the series, and something an adaptation could improve uponI'm happy they're putting a decent amount of effort into it
They had her do the Rumiko hand gestureI don't think she ever does it in the manga
>>287242327Rumiko's art was always average. Every adaptation improved that.
so when's the next ranma season
>>287242327>>287242526to be fair rumiko's in her sixties and has been making *weekly* manga for 40 years and she actually delivers a full 18-page chapter every week, and still does color pages
>>287242611oh, you haven't heard? October
>>287242651>for 40 years48. 50th anniversary of the start of Urusei Yatsura's serialization is in 2028. I wonder if she plans to end Mao that year.
>>287235829Mao be like>Inuyasha let me copy your homework
>>287242838I promise it's completely different once it's past the basic setup.
>>287242703Will it have nipples this season?
>>287242801oh I knew it was like 46 at least but I said 40 because the art from mao's first chapters is what we'd compare to today's episode>I wonder if she plans to end Mao that year.hmm
she did it!
>page 9Holy SHIT, that bad?
Watched the episode. Didn't really do much for me, it's just Inuyasha again. The animation is also pretty mediocre.
>>287243934Isn't she a minor? Why are they showing her naked?
>OP by Kiss-My-Feet
lol they're even starting out with giant insect demon again?
>>287243994She's around fifteen at the start
>>287242327>>287242596The quality of Rumiko's linework is head and shoulders above what other mangaka could ever dream ofThe layouts, expressions, and posing can be generic and stiff, but the execution of the actual art is still about as good as you can get.
>>287243994Rumis doing her gatekeeping.
>>287242838>>287243934It's not just Inuyasha again. This misconception has plagued all of her post-inuyasha series. Smug westerners see a guy with a sword and assume they've figured it all out. There are people who think Rinne was an inuyasha clone because there's a guy in a haori on the cover, when it actually was a high school gag comedy about poverty.
>>287244259I mean, in Mao's case it's a bit more valid what with the whole time travel business. And there are a fair number of other commonalities, too: the mantis like anon said, kodoku, what happens in the next episode should ring some bells... It's not that similar on the whole, but it's not hard to see why someone would think that.
>>287243996>Kiss-My-Feet>Akane will never say this to youwhy live
>>287244259The fuck are you talking about?>a modern schoolgirl travels back in time into eido japan or whatever to fight demons with some weirdo freakYeah bro, Inuyasha? Not even once.
Clumsy girl
Nanoka and Mao are pretty boring Kagome and Inuyasha are much betterThe Mao support cast is really cool. Looking forward to Kamon and Yurako
An appreciable amount of blood
I appreciate that they had the arm flop around limply like that, it's a nice touch
>>287243994Kagome was 14 at the beginning of Inuyasha and she got sexually assaulted by Miroku, the good days...
>>287242327MAO definitely is a mixed bag in terms of art, but there are good shots.
>>287244525>>287244432>>287242838Inuyasha was just Fire Tripper again.
>>287244816>Kagome was 14 no, it was the day of her 15th birthday when she got pulled into the well
Why didn't Sunrise do the Urusei Yatsura reboot?
>>287244638>>287244783i was wondering if they'd censor the femc losing an arm like that so i was quite pleased that they didn't
There was some good animation in this episode. The shots of Mao putting his shirt on were nice. The pacing was way too snappy in the first half but it calmed down in the second half.
>>287245192Violence is a-ok. Only nipples and butts are evil.
So at which chapter of the manga should i start after this episode? Dont wanna wait another week for more.
>>287244525It's a mystery anime and it takes place barely 100 years ago. They have cars in Mao's time. It's more like a schoolgirl travels back in time to meet Sherlock Holmes (who fights demons).
>>287245279this was chapter 1 and 2(remember that first chapters are super long)
>>287244525It's Taisho era instead of Sengoku era.
Trucking averted
>>287245170Sunrise's only tie to Rumiko Takahashi has only ever been Inuyasha. I guess doing Mao made sense because it's also serious rather than comedic.
Nanoka has some photos hanging on her wall in the manga, but I don't think we ever see them up close.
>>287246790The Halloween picture reminded me of this piece of fanart
>>287243846Maybe if you kept the discussion to one thread instead of two, the threads would do better.
A lot of these sequences were quite a bit more basic in the manga
Not the best blood effect
All of my nights, I’m chasin’ rats All of my days, I’m takin’ napsAnd in my dreams I’m the king of cats
>>287246156They did the Ranma and Urusei Yatsura anniversary specials. And it's not like they're working on anything else noteworthy. They've been dishing out slop for 20 years.
>>287247151>cats in a kodoku
>>287246790>no Maison Ikkoku poster in the room like AtaruSoulless.
>>287246790cute
>>287246870this is an anime-only thread isn't it? figured we're not supposed to talk about stuff/characters that haven't been introduced yet here ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>>287244432The monster designs have been tweaked somewhat compared to the originals
This bear looks roughly like a bear
>>287247511they made mantis-kun less wet
>>287247590While this bear looks like a Street Shark™
>>287247475I meant that they started talking about the episode in the manga thread and this has split the discussion.
>>287247820didn't know this thread existed until after the episode aireddidn't expect anyone to make the anime thread almost two and a half hours earlier than the actual japanese airtime
Viz uploaded a little video of Rumiko>https://youtube.com/shorts/LFo8CJ3_t-wThis looks like it was back when she visited San Francisco for the Art of Manga exhibit>https://x.com/rumicworld1010/status/2013583527980228850
>>287247961based 'toya doesn't afraid of anything
>>287247961Manga readers explain why the kid has dead eyes.
>>287248176you'll find out next week dwtake a guess
>>287248015She looks like my grandma now. She was such a nerdy cutie back in the day.
>>287248176Not much of a surprise and it will be revealed very shortly, but I'll still spoiler-tag it: he's a shikigami, not a human.
Damn this actually decent. Do they go back and forth between past and present a lot or does mc just get permanently iseaki'd to the past/spirit realm at some point?
>>287248219The present is plot-relevant up to a certain point but once that specific plot point is resolved she's almost exclusively in the past.
I'm happy that they integrated the stained glass motif into the ED
>>287248262Is the full version of the OP already available for free? I like it but you don't hear much of it in the TV size version.
douzo
>>287248291full versions of the opening and ending themes drop on april 6thsoon
>>287248262>draw a boy>call it a girl
>>287248350*april 6th in japan, at the stroke of midnightso in less than 24 hours actually>picrelis the "cover" of the ending theme single
>>287248382
>>287242572I'm glad someone pointed that out because I did the Leopoint.jpg there.
I can't imagine Hakubi and Shiranui in modern casual clothes.
>>287235829I don't know why but I'm getting a lot of Hell Teacher Nube vibes from this. I know most people would say Inuyasha but I've never watched Inuyasha.
>>287248319Her grandpa's not actually fucking that is he? That's not really her grandma.
>>287248657Hyakka rocks it. He really should not be in this mess.
What made me sad watching this is that this is the kind of manga that would be perfect for an ongoing anime like Inuyasha and the previous works were, but Japan doesn't do those anymore. I get why but still, there is something lost when long-running anime aren't around. They used to keep interest going and maybe even get a movie.
>>287248703No spoilers, but there's more than meets the eye to both grandpa and the maid.
>>287248719At least the season is two cour with 26 episodes.
Cute
>>287246790I like her halloween outfit.
>>287248777Is she a cat?
>>287248777Do not fuck this
>>287248994I'm going to need to hear one (1) compelling argument
>>287248214This, top zozzle. How time flies.
>>287249033Acidic bodily fluids
>>287248877Love this art. I hope they do it justice when it happens.
by the way anons, there's a behind-the-scenes special about the anime with english narration and subs>https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/2099030/they show some extra scenes that weren't in trailers
>>287235829Sunrise is, not Rumiko. Now the question is if they will fuck it up again like they did with Inuyasha.
>>287235829So is this just like ayakashi triangle but good? I kinda hate all the rumiko romance slop, will this suffer the same fate or will it remain romanceless.
>>287249771thanks anon, that was cool
>>287250211The romance is there but extremely understated, to the point the characters more or less go "oh yeah, guess we are in love with each other" at one point.
It might not be obvious yet, but this man is the MVP of the series
>>287250282I just hope there aren't any love triangles/squares/pentagons/hexagons.... because I absolutely despise this in her works. It's all a bunch of forced drama
>>287250427No, don't worry.
>>287235829I´ve just watched the trailer but isn´t this just discount Inuyasha? Not that that´s a bad thing, at the very least it should be better than isekai and video game window power levels.
>>287250564Inuyasha was discount Fire Tripper. Rumiko just likes these kinds of stories.
Why did they give one side character a surname but not the other? I don't recall either having surnames in the manga. Honestly I'm not sure any of her friends beside Yui got names.
>>287250564Inuyasha is adventure-focused, whereas Mao is more mystery-focused
>>287250564I mean, Rumiko has basically remade either UY or InuYasha for the last 18 years now.
>>287247206perfect image
So is the manga any good? Maybe I’m living underneath a rock but I haven’t seen much discussion of it.
>>287252432It's an acquired tasteI make a thread for the new chapter every week, and in recent years they've even started getting replies
>>287252432I like it. Think it is underrated in the west.
So...Nanoka sex?
>>287253281Hair too short.
>>287253281Yes, and furthermore cute.
>>287253281The first tweet I saw about the MAO anime in Japanese mentioned her having big boobs in the bath scene.
>>287252432Mao's big problem is it starts out feeling way too similar to Inuyasha, and the time travel isekai feels way more forced.I think a lot of people read the first few chapters and dropped it because of that. I know I did.Really don't know why Takahashi went with it. It almost feels like it was some kind of imposed requirement, and Takahashi started ignoring it as soon as she could. Nanoka's slice of life family and school segments could have happened in the 1920s and it really wouldn't have changed anything.
What's with every opening from an adaptation of a Rumiko work being a "kpop" song lately?
H-How old is Mao again?
>>287254733Mystery for now. Like 916.
>>287254330It's what zoomers listen to. It's also pandering to Tiktok users.
Liked a lot what they did with colors while keep old clothes designs.This go into weekly Kenshin dose spot.
I'm assembling a team:
>>287254801I assume Rumiko likes it.
>>287254752That's quite the age-gap romance.
>>287250360fucking rickshaw guyhe didn't hear nothin'
MAO got an anime? Cool.
>>287252432I've never read or watched Inuyasha, but I read MAO and enjoyed it.
>>287235829Today? Okay I'll watch it. But probably not today.
>>287235829>Rumiko saving anythingAll her works are nothing but self-insert glazing high school revenge fantasy slop.
Do I need to watch Inuyasha before this? And which subs do I get?
>>287257701>Do I need to watch Inuyasha before this?nah>And which subs do I get?whatever your heart tells you
shit, my timezone is not gonna let me watch this when it airs
>>287258868but it already aired anon
>>287236817She hasn't made anything worthwhile since Inuyasha which, like all of her stories, was also majorly flawed.
>>287258918yeah, I mean "as soon as it airs"
>MAO.S01E01.Nanoka.and.Mao.1080p.DSNP.WEB-DL.JPN.AAC2.0.H.264.MSubs-ToonsHub.mkv>MAO.S01E01.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.JPN.DDP2.0.H.264.MSubs-ToonsHub.mkvWhich one?
Sky Cat is watching you masturbate.
>>287255491Rumiko likes Def Jam if that one pic of her with the shirt is anything to go by
>>287235829Dude looks low energy
>>287261016Makes sense when you know of his life condition.
>>287260116Both versions seem to be based on the same basic script. DSNP is edited to follow at least some of VIZ's translation conventions from the manga, so there's a few mild improvements ("nanka no jutsu" into "bunch of magic" instead of "bunch of technique", for example) as well as a whole host of other mostly unnecessary changes. I think they might be editing the lines so that they can also be used for the English dub. AMZN is more literal, and I'd personally prefer that version, but there's not that much of a difference. And both have some mistakes, like trying to translate the shopping alley's name literally when it's actually the name of the neighbourhood (and getting it wrong in any case, since 五行 actually means "the five elements").
>>287235829How bitchy of a self-insert is this Nanoka? I’ve heard she’s quite toned down compared to the usual Rumiko fare of Shinobu/Akane/Kagome?
>>287261411Not at all. She follows more in the footsteps of Rinne's MC, Sakura.
>>287261411Not very much allShe's kind of like a stupid puppy: A bit dim, but in an endearing sort of way
>>287261502>kind of like a stupid puppyand she'll run full-speed into danger when you take your eyes off her :-)
>>287261411>self-insertTranny headcanon
>>287261535Yeah, she probably gets beat up worse over the course of the series than any other Rumiko heroine.
>>287261445>>287261502Is the era of violent and loud Tsundere Rumic heroines finally over? Has Rumiko softened up some in her later years?
>>287263303It's been over since Rinne started about 17 years ago, yes
>>287261328There's always something. I imagine the Hulu ones aren't great.
>>287263303>>287263337>Rumic works start bombing and fading into irrelevancy just as she’s retiring her usual bitchy tsundere self-insertsSay what you will about this character archetype, the fandom likes to complain about them and call them annoying but it’s obvious they’re the ones that put Rumiko on the map in the first place and her works just don’t stand out and fail to grab attention otherwise it seems.Being annoying and loathed is always better for a character than being forgettable and boring.
>>287263601Needs more eyelashes to look more feminine.
>>287263623
>>287263727>yellow subsIt's like I'm back in the year 2000!
>>287263908
>>287263947Damn thighs
>>287264229
Nanoka? Cute.
How do you feel about them using screentones from the manga to add texture to some scenes? A bit gimmicky in my opinion, but not too distracting.
>>287266194I'm always a fan of that sort of thing.
I thought it was alright, kinda lacking in a big hook.>>287266137She'd be cuter if she grew out her hair.
>>287264229short skirts + thighs is why I'm watching this
Damn, feels very old school, though I guess thats to be expected.
>>287253281100%>>287253543Wow, gay.
>>287253543Agreed. It worked on some other characters like Nanao and Akane, but here I just can't unsee Shinji in a skirt.
