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Being a place for the planning of communal anime viewing.

== Spring 2020 Schedule ==

One day we might even be able to resume meetings after COVID-19 and actually watch it...

* Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia

* In/Spectre (Kyokou Suiri)

* Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Second

* Chihayafuru

* Hands off the Motion Picture Club! (Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!)

* Domestic Girlfriend

=== Ending Alignment ===

* Sci-Fi: In/Spectre

* General 1: Galactic Heroes

* Comedy: Eizouken

* Drama/Romance: Domestic Girlfriend

All running 12 episodes.

* Action: Babylonia - 10 episodes next cour (accounting for episode 0)

* General 2/Sports: Chihayfuru - 13 episodes next cour

== Future possibilities ==

=== Shows that we considered schedule-worthy ===

* The Legend of Korra

** Mixed feelings. Episode 1 was painful, Korra is like another Subaru at the beginning. Fortunately they ease off the "this character is naive due to her upbringing and we need to show it" pretty quickly. Seems like it could have some promise, but the plot development seems very formulaic ("Introduce Heroine. Introduce Teacher. Inevitable heroine/teacher conflict. Introduce allies. Introduce nemesis.") - does it manage to grow beyond this? Also a bit wary of another year-long show.  --maxb

*** Does it ever cease being a fantasy adventure show? No, at least not in the part I've seen. Does it get into more complex/ambiguous territory, develop meaningful longer-term arcs, and go beyond simplistic good vs evil? Yes, absolutely. (And Korra does suffer for her mistakes and start to learn from them - she'll always be headstrong but not to the point of incompetence the way she is in the first few episodes)

* Have some reservations about immediately diving into this right after FMAB but I could be persuaded. -MP

** Have already seen season 1, but would be super enthusiastic for this. - maria

* Ore Monogatari

** An unconventional romance, with lots of storytelling to do along the way, and some comedy moments. Though the subject matter is completely different, the viewing experience feels a bit like Shirayuki-hime - there is a continuity, but it's very episodic. --maxb

* Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba)

** A light-hearted series with an underlying theme of interpersonal relationships improving people's (and dragons') lives. Best last episode that I've seen for a long time. --maxb

=== Shows saved to revisit as backup options if needed ===

* Fate/cooking (Emiya-san chi kyou no gohan)

** Semi-short, episodes are ~13 minutes each.

** maxb: Very little happens in this show, but it does so in a soothingly fun way, apt to leave a smile on your face.

=== Proposals which have not been fully evaluated ===

* The Magnificent Kotobuki

** It may seem like some frivolous fun leaning on aerial combat scenes at first, but it's actually some some fair light sci-fi world building by the time it finishes up, too. --maxb

* Hugtto! PreCure (general) --lmm

** Enormous committment that will likely be pushed aside, but mentioning just in case

** Definitely the best PreCure that I have watched, outdoing HeartCatch, Suite, Yes! 5, Yes! 5 Go Go (I dropped that one). I'd be on board with watching this again. It wasn't perfect (I think they could have used a bit more budget in the middle of the third cour) but it was fun, endearing, and critically managed to avoid over-using the monster-of-the-week formula for most of its content, which is a pitfall many of the earlier PreCures have fallen into to various extents. Given the format of the show, it could actually work to decide to watch 1 cour and then reassess, if people are hesitant to sign up for the whole 49 episode run. --maxb

** Probably have to give up on this one, as no-one spoke up in favour beyond us two :-/

* Fire Force (action) -- AIM

** I watched episode 1 - no strong opinions either way. Needs an action fan to opine. --maxb

* Kaguya-sama: Love is War season 2 (airs from April)

See also: [[Animu/OldProposals]]

=== Special candidates ===

* Gundam The Origin (3/6 watched)

* Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?? ~Dear My Sister~ (ご注文はうさぎですか?? ～Dear My Sister～) [~60mins] - More GochiUsa for those who liked the TV series. Feels like a 60min episodes more than a movie. --YYY

* "Blame! Movie" -- AIM

** A group of humans trying to survive in a self-replicating city that is trying to kill them. Action/Sci-Fi.

== Informal planning principles ==

*** This sounds really wishy-washy, but at the same time it genuinely is surprisingly important - we've had meetings where we watched things in the "wrong" order for technical reasons and it didn't go well

** This is not to say that shows have to be controversial or provocative (though at the same time we don't shy away from such shows)

*** There is plenty of space for a well-crafted "safe" show, just not for a mediocre one.

** Conversely shows that are content to remain within their genre ("if you want x you know where to find it") will ideally be held to a slightly higher standard.

* We can and do drop shows partway through, even partway through a season, but only when there is a firm consensus for doing so