Yeah, I think the higher difficulty floor to watch any anime and the smaller volume of users rating anime on Natively has meant that it’s not quite as useful for anime as for manga.
I’m going to run a poll on this until the end of the week, then I think to make the timeline for the next show, probably split next week into 3 days for any additional nominations people want to make if the poll changes the allowable range, then an abbreviated 4 day poll for the next anime.
We could always remove the level restriction for now, and then if the club gets popular and the nomination list gets too long, then split into two different groups for beginner and intermediate. Since there are so few options right now I think it’s best to remove it. On that note, nominations are open, right?
Yes, nominations are open always 
Pog, I’ll get some nominations ready to fill out the list
Natively: Level 26
Hiyori Iki is a normal middle school student until she was involved in a bus accident while trying to protect a stranger. This incident causes her soul to frequently slip out of her body, and she becomes aware of the existence of two parallel worlds. Through her soul, she meets the strange, nameless god without a shrine, Yato. Yato is determined to make a name for himself out there by accepting any wishes for 5 yen, including Hiyori’s to fix her body.
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This is one of my favorite animes.
Characters:
The mmc is goofy but has his serious moments, and the fmc manages to be sweet and kind while still being assertive/not a pushover. Plus she actually has her own unique usefulness in the story, she’s not just thrown in for the sake of inclusivity like too many shonen series tend to do with female characters.
The main characters’ relationship is cute, and I felt the development was perfectly paced.
Story:
The story definitely reflects some real life issues, and can show you a new perspective on some problems in society, human nature, and the way we treat people. I’m pretty hard headed with my opinions, and it still managed to make me reconsider.
Language:
As for the language, I watched season one when my listening skill was pretty bad (probably around n4 level) and I found it manageable. Since it’s shonen there are some very specific terms related to its power system.
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Natively: Level 24
Fumi Manjoume enters Kamakura’s accelerated high school - Matsuoka All-Girls High School. While waiting at the Kamakura station on the day of her entrance ceremony, she runs into an old childhood friend whom she had not seen in 10 years: Akira Okudaira. As their friendship is rekindled and they start falling back into the rhythm of friends again, it starts a delicate love story…
暁のルナ’s Natively review:
“The vibe is definitely unique, and very relaxed. I haven’t read the manga, but it seems like it was a bit of an awkward adaptation, that at times felt slightly stilted. They could have called the show 片想い. Almost everybody is in love with the wrong person at some point.
That said, the characters, their emotions, and experiences of love, are all really well portrayed. Their behaviors, successes, and mistakes all feel very realistic. The characters in general are pretty likeable, and it’s very much a character-driven story. The ending left me wanting a bit more, and curious to read the manga. The two main characters are enjoyable, and quite different from each other. Fumi is a bit melancholic and withdrawn, but not held down by it. Akira (A-chan) is pretty genki, but also down to earth. You see them both grow over the series, but especially Fumi-chan, who slowly learns to be more assertive. They both care for and about each other a lot.
Language-wise there’s nothing particularly unique or challenging about it. Everybody speaks at a normal pace, the speech isn’t very slangy, and there aren’t super long monologues or anything. Might be a good watch after you’ve seen a few easier shows.”
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I haven’t watched this one yet, but since we just watched a bl anime I figured we needed a yuri one to balance the scales, and this one was commonly recommended.
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One of my favorite manga of all times 
The manga is planned to be 27 or 28 volumes long and it’s already finished^^
I’ll try to nominate some anime in the week too ! (but I’ll vote Noragami, that’s a given! Besides, Yukine is dubbed by one of my favorite seiyuu, so double pleasure here ! 
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Yay more nominations! Everybody nominate stuff! I have about four more animes in mind but I’m gonna narrow it down to one, so that this doesn’t just become “hotdog’s watching list.”
@araigoshi when will the next poll be?
Two questions about nominations:
I assume that it’s okay, just like how book clubs only read the first volume, we would only watch the first season, and then continue with an offshoot if it was popular enough. But that brings up the question: should there be a limit to how many episodes are allowed in season one? One season could be anywhere from six to 50 episodes.
One of the animes I’m considering nominating is Wind Breaker, which came out this spring, so I’m also curious about this. Along with the issue of watching things at a faster pace than they air at, there’s also the problem of procuring Japanese subtitles for them. On the website I get subtitles from, Wind Breaker’s subtitles were realeased quickly after the episodes first aired, but from what I’ve seen on social media it was a fairly popular anime, so a less popular one might take some more time.
You should do Delicious in Dungeon. That way you can read it with the IMC simultaneously. 
So the poll is pretty clearly in favour of restricting level restrictions. I’ll take nominations until thursday, then start a poll.
Yeah, as discussed in the interest survey, the intent was we watch season 1 with this club, then the club moves to the next anime. But of course like with book clubs, if there’s interest there can always be an offshoot club.
No rule about how old they are, as long as JP subs are available in the west.
I’ll probably do a few more nominations myself, considering nominating Nichijou, Gabriel Dropout or Non Non Biyori, but need to narrow down a bit myself 
Natively: 28
Yuuri Katsuki carried all of Japan’s hopes on his shoulders to win at the Gran Prix Finale ice skating competition, but suffered a crushing defeat. He returns home to Kyushu and half feels like he wants to retire, and half feels like he wants to continue ice skating. Suddenly the five-time consecutive world championship ice skater Victor Nikiforov appears before him with Yuri Plisetsky, a young Russian figure skater who is already defeating his seniors. Victor and both Yuris take up the challenge on an unprecedented Gran Prix series.
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Besides the fact I love ice skating and sports anime, the characters in this anime are human, touching and a funny. The story might have a little cute BL in it too 
Also, it’s the first time in my life watching an anime I’ve understood for real why animation was really important. Here it’s stunning : Mappa did it (before the whole JJK season 2 scandal), and each ice skater has his own style, all is fluid and magical 
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This is an anime that was really popular and I heard many good things about…but I was too busy when it was airing. I’d be glad for an excuse to finally make time for it.
I actually just watched this series with English subtitles because I was watching with someone else, but I was paying attention to the Japanese. The daily life parts should all be fine to understand (casual conversation between the characters) but the figure skating competitions where the judges are talking will probably be more difficult. Also, Yuri sometimes speaks really quickly for comedic effect.
I’ve seen it but it was a long time ago, when it first came out, so I wouldn’t mind rewatching it. Plus it’s so wholesome and I could use some wholesomeness in my life right now.
We have a lot of high school, romance, and slice of life animes on the list, so I’m looking for some kind of adventure or fantasy to round out our genres… Maybe Frieren?
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