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The tower buckled. Wood splintered not in canned animations, but in procedurally generated shards. Kaelen watched as his squad was scattered by the debris, the ragdoll physics capturing the brutal impact of ton-scale timber. He drew his arming sword, noting the "Dullness" debuff on his UI—he’d forgotten to use the grindstone at camp.
Ahead, the Iron Gate loomed. It wasn't just a door; it was a 4,000-pound obstacle requiring a specific kinetic force to breach. As the battering ram swung, Kaelen didn't think about glory. He thought about the pivot points, the friction of the iron hinges, and the three centimeters of steel between him and the objective. In this world, victory wasn't about who clicked fastest—it was about who survived the math of war. Extremely.Realistic.Siege.Warfare.Simulator.v0....
"Brace!" he barked into the comms, though he knew the physics engine would have the final say. The tower buckled
Captain Kaelen stared through the grain of his visor, his stamina bar flickering red. This wasn't the heroic charge promised in the trailers. It was a grueling calculation of weight, wind resistance, and structural integrity. To his left, a massive siege tower—the product of three hours of in-game resource gathering—began to groan. A single, well-placed fire pot from the ramparts had ignited the hempen ropes, and now the entire wooden monolith was tilting with agonizing, slow-motion realism. He drew his arming sword, noting the "Dullness"
The mud of the front lines wasn't just dirt; in , it was a physics-based nightmare that clung to your boots, slowing your sprint as the trebuchet fire rained down.
Sakugabowl is my favorite book of the year. Congratulations everyone!
(I will share my picks when I’m done reading in the next days LOL)
Amazing work this year everyone. I skipped some parts for some anime that I hadnt watched but that the first entries made them look so good that theyre already in my list to watch. Like apocalypse hotel, city, hikaru, ruri rocks. Im also interested in that amelie movie that I hadnt seen before but looks so amazing. Takopi was my most favorite of the year so Im happy that everyone had so much to say about it.
Best Episode: CITY Ep. 5
Best Opening: Yaiba: Samurai Legend OP 1
Best Ending: Chitose is in the Ramune Bottle ED
Best Animation Designs: Kowloon Generic Romance
Best Aesthetic: To Be Hero X
Best Show: Yaiba: Samurai Legend
Best Movie: Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc
Best Creator Discovery: Dalri and Sora Kawamitsu
Nice picks as usual, good to see you back! Surprising design choice on the surface, but genuinely well-deserved. Yuka Shibata isn’t just an artist with an elegant style that is compatible with Jun Mayuzuki’s work, but also one who Feels Right to the viewer because she was already in charge of After the Rain’s anime adaptation. It’s fair to say that this wasn’t as well-realized as its predecessor, but on paper, I really like what she did and the choice to appoint her. And shout to to Kawamitsu too! Recently caught their work through various clips as well and they’ve… Read more »
The Kowloon cast always looked so beautiful with those designs and were rarely off-model. Admittedly not the most fluid animation but I think there’s value in the more elegant detailed root as well. And I wanted to spread the praise around rather than giving another award to Yaiba for it’s terrific designs.
A bit surprised no one mentioned the Yaiba OP considering how packed it is with Kanada energy and constant movement.
It blew my ‘colodrillo’ to see a reference to Francisco Ibáñez in here! 13, Rue del Percebe is so primordial in its simple but condensed way of showing a true sense of place and community, thanks to gags beautifully interconnected and flowing visually all on one page, that it certainly deserves such a shout-out in relation to CITY THE ANIMATION. There’s a mural of that very first strip in Madrid’s Carabanchel neighborhood, that I try to pass by whenever I can! And we certainly deserved more long-form, truly continuous adventure stories like El sulfato atómico, before Mr. Ibáñez settled on… Read more »
I knew you’d be here to appreciate the comparison to a certain Ibañez building! You raise an interesting point with Uoto’s adaptations too. You do have to wonder about what might have happened with a reversed order and less of an overlap. Hyakuemu’s success certainly sounds like a motivation to invest more heavily in Orb; not that money is a magical panacea, but they could have had access to that type of personnel you mention on the regular if it were a more substantial project. That said, I’m not confident that it’d have happened regardless, nor that Uoto works are… Read more »
Pluribus confirmed AOTY 2025. Bravo, Vince!