Troll Hunter Z

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Bluntly speaking, it's old and there are a lot of cliches that in this day and age have been long past overdone. But after a few eps, you get used to it and it's still kind of enjoyable/refreshing. The animation isn't bad for its age. Gets better in the 2nd half. Give it a watch if you're bored.

Pimp in a White Suit

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I really liked it actually. It's not the best I've seen, but I can recommend it to everybody.

Indecisive Lead Character

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Wow, I saw Comic Party and thought it was going to be something like a Harem at least at some point but it turned out to be about a guy, with zero interest in anything sexual (beyond what people might want in his books), who just happen to meet and be surrounded with several females, some of whom "maybe" like him more than as a friend.

I'm on the first episode of Comic Party Revolution and all story from Comic Party seems to have just been flung out of the window in favor of doing the harem thing that they hinted at before. While all the characters seem to have the same history from Comic Party intact AND it seems to be taking place shortly after the Winter convention (early-mid spring), Kazuki's 180° change REALLY makes their previous interactions seem like they would have happened either completely differently or not at all.

I mean in CP, if one of the girls would have slipped and fell into his lap, he would be like: "whoops, are you okay, you didn't hurt yourself or anything, did you?" with a gentlemanly/parental tone of concern but with the same situation in CPR, he would probably "say" the same thing but instead he would keep looking away/around while trying to look at their body/breasts trying to convince [the 4th wall] that it was totally an accident and that he's "really" not thinking anything sexual.
(note: CPR seems to want this to be recurring theme but again: I'm on the first episode)

Fullmetal Angst Brother

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Although the delivery is poor, Comic Party's premise and story have an interesting theme exploration, in this case the otaku culture. Before becoming aware of the otaku culture and deciding to become a doujin artist, the protagonist was a talented artist. His girlfriend, on the other hand, despises otakus; in fact, she was the only non-otaku character, and she was worried about him participating in 'Comic Party,' a reference to the real-life Comiket convention. Halfway through the series, the protagonist is dealing with internal conflicts about his new career as a doujin artist, including concerns about sales, popularity, quality, and his own enjoyment.
In the story, there was also a message about 'otaku pandering,' which the protagonist did in his second work, which he filled with fanservice; while his second work received slightly more attention than his first doujin, his original fans were very disappointed, and he also had to compete with already popular artists who only care about sales. From then on, he lost interest in his work to the point of quitting because he tried to please the mainstream audience rather than creating a doujin he enjoyed.

Night Shift Nurse

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I've watched this some 20 years ago and I revisited it this week.

It's sad that people are saying this has aged well. Atrocious visuals (colour palette, backgrounds are horrendous) from digital animation's dawn (NHK ni youkoso looks this bad as well) when celluloid animation has been phased out.
I kind of like some of the character designs (Takase Mizuki with her school uniform looks good) but in general the animation is the pits. Dated well? It's nice? Watch Ranma from the 80s to see real animation and how bad this is in comparison.

The show has no fanservice and mainly revolves around the efforts of a high school boy to create doujinshi. For this reason, it's interesting since it caries an otaku theme. Not realistic or a good series per se but if you're a fan, you might enjoy it. Otherwise, this is all too silly for the general public. I'd rather read 'Doujin Work' or 'Genshiken' to be fair.

I enjoyed the antics of Taishi, his over-the-top personality and his catchphrase 'My Brother' 'My sister' which he recites in English.

Didn't regret watching it btw. I speedwatched it (x1.6 speed)