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Based on the 6 volume light novel series by Kuji Furumiya, Unnamed Memory is about a Prince named Oscar and a witch named Tinasha. Studio ENGI is doing the work on this. They haven't done a lot of work, but there most notable is definitely Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Oscar has a curse placed on him by a witch that basically makes him the last member of his royal dynasty. He seeks the help of Tinasha, a witch in a tower who had previously helped his great grandfather decades ago to lift the curse. The series is about a little romance, a little adventure and a whole lot of reminiscing and regret. If you liked Frieren, you will probably like this show. Characters: Tinasha Voiced by Tanezaki Atsumi (Anya Forger, Frieren (they knew what they were doing))  Tinasha is a witch of unknown, yet probably ancient age who has spent several years alone in her tower. Adventurers have attempted to conquer her labyrinth but none have succeeded in decades. Oscar Lyeth Increatos Loz Farsas Voiced by Nakajima Yoshiki (In nothing you ever heard of)  The main male protagonist, cursed to never have children. He climbs Tinashas tower in hopes of finding a cure. Episodes 1 and 2 are currently out on Crunchyroll for those who have it. Its nice to have some non-isekai fantasy starting to come out strong in 2024.
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Third episode is out: There definitely feels like a drop in animation quality from the first two episodes. Lots of off model stuff and just flatness. I am generally not a fan of mystery boxes, especially in a 13 episode series. I am hoping they explain Valt and Miralys quickly. Second half of the episode was dark as hell.
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Apr 24, 2024 21:17
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I started watching this because of this thread. I don't really have much to add except to say that the VA for tinasha/anya/Frieren is great here too and that I'm not sure if the overarching plot is going to really land but I like the way the two mains bounce off each other a lot and that's enough, frankly.
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Apr 25, 2024 03:07
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at least the male lead realizes that a curse which forces him to spend all his time flirting with a cute witch isn't bad.
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Apr 25, 2024 04:29
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The series seems to be bouncing back and forth between disneyish fairy tale sensibilities (most of episode one; you'll note they even went out of their way to say that Tinasha didn't actually kill anybody) and this sort of very blunt horrible stuff. That's actually fine, but it would be nice if they had a bit more time for the transitions between the two - in episode three, we went pretty much right from "here's a vial of sperm from the man I almost killed" to a bit of emotional hand-holding and that can be jarring in a way that the creators might not have intended.
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Apr 26, 2024 16:58
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idonotlikepeas posted:The series seems to be bouncing back and forth between disneyish fairy tale sensibilities (most of episode one; you'll note they even went out of their way to say that Tinasha didn't actually kill anybody) and this sort of very blunt horrible stuff. That's actually fine, but it would be nice if they had a bit more time for the transitions between the two - in episode three, we went pretty much right from "here's a vial of sperm from the man I almost killed" to a bit of emotional hand-holding and that can be jarring in a way that the creators might not have intended. It feels like they know they arent getting a second season so they are going to compress all of the source material into 12 episodes
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Apr 27, 2024 01:13
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Episode 4 was at lightning speed. They really are rushing whatever the story is supposed to be. I continue to like the interaction between Tinasha and Oscar, I just wish there was a purpose.
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Apr 30, 2024 19:57
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I remember liking the manga but it hasn't had updates in forever so I don't even remember how it compares to the show.
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May 6, 2024 22:33
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Seraphic Neoman posted:I remember liking the manga but it hasn't had updates in forever so I don't even remember how it compares to the show. i took a peak and it looks like the manga in super fast forward and also switching things around Episode 5 Oscars bracelet scene was really gross. What was he thinking
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May 7, 2024 19:48
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They're really starting to cut corners on the animation in the latest episodes and the cracks are really starting to show. Here's a random example: Here's the scene in the manga where Lucrezia is about to reveal Tinasha's secrets and she gives people the choice to leave the room if they don't want to accept the burden that goes with this knowledge:   In the anime they don't show those three retainers leave, Lucrezia does her speech and then they hold on this still image:  .... and you hear the sound effect of a door opening and closing offscreen which implies someone left but you have no idea who. They just didn't animate that part of the scene. There's lots more little examples like that. The floating animation of the cat familiar at the start of the episode was borderline "Poochie died on the way to his home planet" half-assery. They also cut out most of that scene so we didn't get to see Oscar playing around with the cat and wearing it on his head like a goofball 
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May 15, 2024 07:57
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Fluffdaddy posted:Oscars bracelet scene was really gross. What was he thinking I figured it was the usual otome anime weirdness where they make the lead look rapey to show how cool and dominant he is. It was bad.
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May 15, 2024 23:12
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:They're really starting to cut corners on the animation in the latest episodes and the cracks are really starting to show. Here's a random example: Everything going on this episode feels so out of nowhere even beyond the budget limitations. I am super dissapointed by this show because the premise and the source material are pretty charming, as are the characters but nothing that's happening is coherent. Seraphic Neoman posted:I figured it was the usual otome anime weirdness where they make the lead look rapey to show how cool and dominant he is. Yea it was super gross and even though their interactions since have been really sweet I still don't know if the show has done a good job making Oscar look good
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May 15, 2024 23:41
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Boy this show really stinks and is loving up a decent story
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May 23, 2024 02:05
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Many such instances among seasonal anime.
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May 23, 2024 02:09
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Yeah this is MagiRevo all over again 
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May 29, 2024 04:44
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Lmao this poo poo is getting a second season
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Jun 25, 2024 20:32
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Fluffdaddy posted:Lmao this poo poo is getting a second season So the ending was a sequel hook? I thought it was a rug-pull.
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Jun 25, 2024 20:55
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Paracelsus posted:So the ending was a sequel hook? I thought it was a rug-pull. It's listed for January 2025 for season 2 on mal. I don't understand why they rushed through the source material if they knew it was getting more.
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Jun 25, 2024 20:58
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I'm gonna skip this, because I really enjoyed the LN, and I have no faith they'll finish the story, let alone do so in decent quality. Didn't know there was an manga tho. Has it covered the whole 6 volume story?
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Jun 26, 2024 15:13
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At times watching this, it felt like I was getting a Cliffs Notes version of events.
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Jun 26, 2024 18:10
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Annath posted:I'm gonna skip this, because I really enjoyed the LN, and I have no faith they'll finish the story, let alone do so in decent quality. The manga is currently up to chapter 30ish so not even a couple volumes
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Jun 26, 2024 19:05
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Fluffdaddy posted:The manga is currently up to chapter 30ish so not even a couple volumes Oh, lol. I guess I'm gonna re-read the novels. I think I actually got to volume 4 and got confused by the plot change, thinking I'd missed a book, so I need to read the back half.
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Jun 26, 2024 19:10
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I'm not watching S2. This adaptation was loving awful. Just completely stripped the story of its build-up and identity. Horrible, just horrible. Hopefully we get more manga chapters instead. I'm legit pretty upset about this one. It was so close to being good which makes it even worse.
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