Well, being about 3/4 through the winter season, charts for the spring season have appeared. Go on and take a look, I'll probably wait until more detailed summaries come out to make decisions
http://thecartdriver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/iOwOD68llpOX4.jpg
*delurks*
I've been highly anticipating the Devil Survivor 2 anime since it was announced a while ago. It's likely to get an English license, but I do hope someone fansubs it. (Though to be completely honest, I would have preferred them to adapt the first game, not the second. I liked the plot better... but any DeSu anime is better than none)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E4mZJxNZC4
Just from the promos released, it looks like they're going to follow the art style of the game pretty closely. Excellent.
Well some show interest me (and that sure I will watch Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai season 2), but I think I will wait they are complete to watch them since I am a bit boring behind forced wait one week to see the next episode. And anyway I already has many animes I want to see including several from Winter 2013.
The only series I'll realistically watch would be Railgun Season 2. While a part of me wants to watch the Devil Survivor 2 anime, I'm not huge into SMT Devil Survivor as I am with SMT Persona. Oreimo never interested me. My Little Pony: Japanese dub. Pddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddt. :dogout:
Kick Heart is interesting only because I know it from the Kickstarter that they did. And succeeded. Has sentimental value to me as they went around the major studios and did the whole crowd funding route. Only raised enough to make it a short. But that's still awesome considering how it's an unconventional route for funding.
yes.i like the to aru series.so rail gun2 is a grabber.and stens gate movie to. did see blood c movie to as torrent.
guess its time to umm abuse my 25 mg fiber line..
Ask and you shall receive
http://randomc.net/2013/03/28/spring-2013-preview/
I am interested in:
Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge
Haiyore! Nyarko-san W
Hentai Ouji To Warawanai Neko
Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Bride
Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku
Namiuchigiwa No Muromisan
Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai.
And some others series I would maybe watch if the review are good. That seems to be a better season than winter 2013.
Schedule just came out
http://randomc.net/2013/03/30/spring-2013-schedule/
I've decided on OreImo 2, Attack on Titan and The Devil is a Part-Timer for now.
Two people I know that watched Majestic Prince first episode and and were, bored with it. While it's only the first episode, and that could change if we go with the 3 episode rule before dropping anything... doesn't sound promising. It's always possible I might have a different opinion if I watched it myself but... especially for someone like myself where watching anime takes a distant third of my short attention span behind watching Let's Plays on Youtube, and playing video games, I doubt I'm going to watch it.
I have been recommended to at least check out Hataraku Maou-sama! It sounds like the story has the same vibe as Ichiban Daimaou. Harem antics as well. If I get off my lazy ass and watch something other than what I've already mentioned, sounds like I'll be checking it out.
[edit]Oh yeah, and Suisei no Gargantia that my friend is also watching. Though I heard it is an Urobachi anime. So I have a feeling things will go very wrong soon (in terms of story. Not quality).
After much Procrastination, I've made my list. Kinda long, but not ridiculous.
1.Suisei no Gargantia (http://myanimelist.net/anime/16524)
2.Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titans) (http://myanimelist.net/anime/16498)
3.Hataraku Maou-sama! (http://myanimelist.net/anime/15809)
4.Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru (http://myanimelist.net/anime/14813)
5.Photokano (http://myanimelist.net/anime/16397)
6.Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride (http://myanimelist.net/anime/15377)
7.Oreimo Season 2 (http://myanimelist.net/anime/13659)
Well, after a long... uh... hiatus I guess (more like finally getting off my lazy ass and watch. I have bandwidth issues to worry about again, stupid AT&T and their data cap, but, 30 minute episodes that are NOT HD shouldn't eat too much of it. Hopefully), watched Suisei no Gargantia and Hataraku Maou-Sama!
My impressions so far... without spoiling TOO much...
Suisei no Gargantia. Good action. Great design. Nice story so far. And hawt tan chicks. :staredog: Has that fish out of water thing going on, but at least it has a very logical way of dealing with it. Definitely adds to the suspension of disbelief when they do it.
However, as I mentioned before, it is an Urobachi anime. And knowing Urobachi, my fear is, it's going to get grimdark soon. I can already see possible ways that could happen.
Hataraku Maou-sama! Speaking of a fish out of water, two characters forced to leave their magical world, and enter our world. And like Suisei no Gargantia, both had to deal with the language barrier in, a somewhat logical sense. Of course that is where the similarities end. I will say though, it is amusing how the anime starts off as a serious action pack anime and then becomes, well, comedic. With the way the story is going, I have a feeling I'm going to greatly enjoy this one.
Quote from: SimmyC on April 11, 2013, 01:14:09 AM
However, as I mentioned before, it is an Urobachi anime. And knowing Urobachi, my fear is, it's going to get grimdark soon. I can already see possible ways that could happen.
I really hope he avoids the "OOOO look at how many characters I can brutally kill off! Isn't this super dark and surprising?!?" that everyone is expecting from his work now. It would be sad to see someone who obviously is a very talented writer become so predictable.
Quote from: SimmyC on April 11, 2013, 01:14:09 AM
And hawt tan chicks. :staredog:
Fuck yeah! :parrot:
To be fair, not only did the main character make it out ok in Psycho Pass, but just about everyone made it out alive. In fact, it wouldn't be called a happy ending, but it is as far away from a "fucked up" ending you could get. Urobachi gave his characters a chance to live...And even came out a little more badass
Well, grimdark doesn't simply mean everyone dies. Nor does it mean that the ending is necessarily 'bad'. Granted, using Madoka as an example, he got around that by having multiple alternate universe/time travel shenanigans so no one really stayed 'dead'. Still, arguably, Madoka had a happy ending where everyone 'lives'. At least, living in their own, bitter sweet kind of way.
Heck, the eroge Saya no Uta could be argued that, none of the three endings were really bad. In case no one knows how it ended and still wanted to find out their own way, I won't spoil it too much. Only to say that, even the apocalyptic ending could be considered 'good' depending on how you look at it. I'll be honest, I didn't like that ending but, I could see why people would argue it wasn't a bad ending given the characters and their mindset.
Now, are they fucked up endings? Yes. Depressing sure. But bad? Different story.
As for Urobachi being predictable, to be honest the only thing that would surprise me about an Urobachi anime (or if you include his other works, his stories in general) would be if nothing majorly bad happens. Like no huge crisis that would force the characters into a dire situation or something. And that isn't necessarily a bad thing as long as the execution is superb (unlike say, M. Night Shyamalan who, besides being predictable, started to just plain suck with his recent movies).
And with Gargantia, I can see a number of scenarios where it could get dark real soon. Either the standard the main enemy of the MC comes and fuck things up, or the whole 'the real enemy is ourselves' situation where they come home only to cause conflict (ala Last Exile season 2). In the end it could still be a happy ending. But I doubt Urobachi is going to make it easy.
[edit]Of course I am sort of dreading it when it does happen. As much as I love "ooooo edgy" anime, the anime that makes me sit down and contemplate what I just watch, it's still going to be painful watching characters that I'm starting to like, have bad things happen to them. It's why, even if I think said type of anime could be the greatest ever (if done well and not just death, shock, and drama for the sake of being edgy)... the ones I might wind up preferring are the lighthearted fun ones. Oh well, if I wanted a happier anime, I'm already watching it~ Hataraku Maou-sama! :P
Hey Tenchi Ryu, I am surprise Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai season 2 is not in your choice. :staredog:
Quote from: Gaston on April 11, 2013, 03:45:10 PM
Hey Tenchi Ryu, I am surprise Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai season 2 is not in your choice. :staredog:
Quote from: Tenchi Ryu on April 10, 2013, 08:09:01 PM
7.Oreimo Season 2 (http://myanimelist.net/anime/13659)
:milk:
Sorry to be piling on... but oh well~
Not realizing Oreimo is short for Ore no Imouto. :bravo:
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Quote from: Tenchi Ryu on April 10, 2013, 08:09:01 PM
After much Procrastination, I've made my list. Kinda long, but not ridiculous.
1.Suisei no Gargantia (http://myanimelist.net/anime/16524)
2.Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titans) (http://myanimelist.net/anime/16498)
3.Hataraku Maou-sama! (http://myanimelist.net/anime/15809)
4.Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru (http://myanimelist.net/anime/14813)
5.Photokano (http://myanimelist.net/anime/16397)
6.Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride (http://myanimelist.net/anime/15377)
7.Oreimo Season 2 (http://myanimelist.net/anime/13659)
Last minute addition...
8.Kakumeiki Valvrave (http://myanimelist.net/anime/16668/Kakumeiki_Valvrave)
Gotta give a Sunrise show a shot....
I'm with Simmy, and in fact, Hataraku Maou-sama is my favorite of the season. Funny as shit....The real funny part is that if you take a powerful evil leader, strip him of his power and throw him into another world, this is probably a realistic outcome.
http://www.youtube.com/v/43uanyfqRtY
http://www.youtube.com/v/d9RVzleDqDE
http://www.youtube.com/v/xfSVsRRHmyM
Well, that didn't take long to get blasted... :fyh:
Well, in the risk of hurting my data cap (well, not really. We've been really good with it recently. When things look dire, we've done a pretty good job on dialing down the usage. It still sucks we have to do that, but on well. Save us $10-20). And 30 minute NON-HD video isn't that big of a file anyways), more Hataraku Maou-sama!
And warning, there will be spoilers. Watch the episode first before reading my impression/review.
It's official. Best girl lost~ And no, shipping isn't the only reason why I watch a series even if it might seem like it. :parrot: But I admit, I was expecting more harem hijinks. At most, we're getting triangle, with one obviously being onesided.
But let's look beyond shipping, and off to the actual story. More goodness for sure. The comedic parts were hilarious in its subtlety. Mostly subtle at least. While the serious aspect of it, more intrigue. A villian that wants to take down BOTH the Hero and Demon King. Emi's reaction to Chiho is, typical tsundere reaction. And expected. If I wanted to bitch for the sake of bitching, I'd say it was too predictable. But eh. Doesn't take away I am loving this series so far.
And when I said Best Girl, I don't mean Chiho the big breasted loli. :P I meant the girl who is even less relevant, the manager. :D
I should start Railgun soon. As long as I don't find an HD version, should be all good.
Still feeling confident I have enough data cap space, watched the first two To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S episodes. Like my previous post, expect spoilers so, I suggest watching the episode first before reading my impressions/review.
So far? Loving it. But...
First the loving it. Continues off of last season. Love the writing and the interaction. Action is fun too.
The but... part. And even here, it only really concerns the first episode. The first episodes was filleresque. A typical start a series without jumping into the main story arc. A reintroduction of the main characters, with a predictable plot to go with it. That predictable plot, bad people try to cause problems, encounter our heroine, never seem to realize who they were dealing with... heroine saves the day. What's funny is how the episode plays out. Because they were simply a generic bad guys, it makes me think the city is full of roving rapist (well, assaulter, but we all know what they want~) after, or kidnapping little girls. And for whatever reason, they only realize too late that they encounter one of the most powerful people in the city. One that, seems to have a hard time trying to keep a low profile.
Now, it did introduce a new character, and possible antagonist so it wasn't all bad. And it gave a hint to what should be the main story arc. Just that it was still, filler.
The second episode starts off feeling filleresque. Shopping trip, mysterious dropped cash cards, etc. However, if it was a small hint in the first episode about what the main arc was going to be, this, was knee deep into it. And I honestly can't wait to see what they plan on doing.
*I say that, having not read the mangas to a point. So me calling the cash card thing filleresque was probably premature giving that, for all I know, it was in the manga. Unlike some manga adaptions, they had plenty of time since there mangas didn't have enough to truly make a full season (half of the season was complete filler). However, they still cut out an awesome scene with Touma because, well, my only guess was that they wanted to make Railgun stand on its own by limiting the Index crossover. But that still pissed me off because that crossover scene, was awesome.
Well, been watching some episodes, and I'll be using my patented "Pimp" reviewing system to rate how "Incredibly Pimp" to "Extremely Un-Pimp" the shows are.
Now I know y'all like writing long ass posts about every episode you watch, but I'mma gon' follow some words from my homeboy, Stephen "Jiggy" Hawking: "Treal smart peeps keep it short."
Yo true dat, Stephen. True dat.
Yuyushiki - "Pretty Damn Pimp" so far.
Garganita - Might go both ways but so far it's "Decently Pimp".
Attack on Titan - "Extremely Un-Pimp".
Muromi-san - Gotta give out a second "Pretty Damn Pimp" here.
Game of Thrones - "Ain't even an anime but still Really Really Pimp".
Peace out!
Turns out the "Pimpest Of The Season™" has to go to Little Witch Academia. Shit was fuckin' incredible. :worship:
Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBlqxEIJ_Cg
Life must suck for her
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Quote from: SimmyC on April 19, 2013, 05:49:00 PM
It's official. Best girl lost~ And no, shipping isn't the only reason why I watch a series even if it might seem like it. :parrot: But I admit, I was expecting more harem hijinks. At most, we're getting triangle, with one obviously being onesided.
I think the him being a demon king part is working well, because even with the romantic setup, I like his overall blunt nature. With the typical high school harem leads you get the sweaty nervousness when it comes to stuff like this....but with the Demon King?
"Can we hold hands?" -Sure
"Is this a date?"- Yea
"Do you mind if I spend the night" -Here's a pillow
Just completely bluntness, and in the process just making her panties more and more wet. I love it. Or it just might be his overall maturity level I love. Hell, instead of your typical highschool setup, he's got to be at least 19-20, so that automatically makes it easier for me to relate to the MC compared to the typical 16 year old. Even went a got a part time job.
I do agree his bluntness is refreshing. Although it another form of naivete like other 'harem' leads (and this series isn't really harem. At most a RomCom in that direction). After all, he's agreeing to all that on the basis of not knowing about relationships and what they mean. :P
And yes, unlike Tensami, I do like to write long ass post. Many times, much to my detriment (since yes there is such a a concept as less is more. :P This is especially true when I think my thoughts are meandering too much) but oh well. Probably will continue to write them anyways (hopefully, more focused).
Anyways... Hataraku Maou-sama. A more story driven, and more serious episode than the previous ones. A great episode. Another thing I had expected was the series to be much more comedic than it appears to be. Comedic in the sense of visual gags and just being 'up front' with the humor. It's not, and I believe the series is stronger for that.
In trying to keep this focused, :P I will say that I thought the antagonist was predictable especially after the flashback part. Predictable isn't always a bad thing but, would be lying if I said I was surprised. The story also seems to be relying on the concept of 'there are no coincidences'. Nice touch as long as they don't go too far with it.
And now, it seems like a competitor for the "Best Girl not even in the running" is coming. :D And yes :orks: my shipping mind.
Now to Railgun Episode 3
This episode was knee deep in the main arc of the story. Last episode as well if I had read the manga (only bits and pieces of it. One day I tell myself I'll read it). For those that watched Index, they would know what arc this is. Well, while I can say it's a great episode, not much to say besides that since it did what it did. And did it well. Hey, not a long rant. :D
I should watch Gargantia episode 3 and 4 later. I'm reluctant after reading spoilers but, well, have to see how it turns out and not rely on 4chan's overreaction of it.
Hmph. I had expected to splurge on the anime watching since this is a new billing month. And we've so far used a lot less data. Funny how that hasn't happened yet. And that's mainly because I'm easily distracted. : :cat:
At least I got in another episode of Hataraku Maou-sama. Episode 5
Well, this episode kind of put things into more of a loop for me. I mentioned how I expected the series to be more comedic than serious... this episode, which I had expected to be more serious than comedic, was a lot more comedic. Heck, in many ways, this was an episode I had expected most of the series to be. Sight gags, non-serious fighting, etc. Still, while I might have preferred the comedy to be more subtle like what I thought the previous episodes were... it's the best, or second best, series I'm currently watching. You know... the few I'm actually watching. :parrot:
Finally gotten over my reluctance to watch Gargantia episode 3 after 4chan's blow up about the episode.
Now, MY own thoughts on the episode? It's... I want to say that 4chan overblew, and I will after hearing the reasoning for what they are doing. However, the I will say that the writing feels cliche and subpar to me. Now I'm the first to say that simply being 'cliche' isn't bad in all cases (especially since what is considered cliche keeps changing). Still, the way they tried to go about doing it felt, off. Especially when they went from hating what he did, to asking him to stay on the ship. Cliche, and rushed.
It's still relatively decent. So I'll keep watching it. But I can't say I'm enjoying it as much as the other series I'm watching.
Railgun episode 4
While this episode felt filleresque, I know it happened in the manga, a bit with some differences (which I haven't read yet. :parrot:). Over all I enjoyed it even if it felt like they mostly spent the time away from the main arc.
*Now to rant about Raildex in general*
And in response to shade of blue assessment, I guess the issue with Railgun is that it is set up to be a sidequel of Index. Excluding some of the filler arcs, the manga (and now the anime) were meant to be Misaka's POV of some events (while the events in season 1 weren't shown in Index, it kind of sets up the Sister's arc that the anime is getting into).
http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/a/image/1367/09/1367093402380.png Here is the timeline of events BTW.
As for Index S2 jumping the shark? I mostly agree. Now I still enjoy it (maybe way too much to be honest) because of the characters. But take away that... S2 just didn't work. The main thing I'd point to would be that Touma's fighting became routine. While I have no issue with him punching girls (gender equality~) it was boring because of how they played out. And the main story? The whole Magic vs. Science thing? For something that is suppose to be main conflict and not harem antics, I didn't care for it.
Again, I love the series 'way too much' because of the characters. Even though more are being added which will ONLY HURT character development. Still, when I was praising the series, it was S1. Not S2.
*And that concludes my rant on Raildex.* :pcgamer:
I started three anime from it season this week.
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W: That started okay but when in episode 5 it have that new girl in love with Cthuko, I started found the story better. I cannot wait for the next episode.
Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san: That a correct anime. Notion special but the girls are cute and some jokes work.
Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai season 2: God I hate Kirino the bitch. I hope Kyousuke will kick her ass and has a lovely romance with Ruri.
I laughed so hard I cried
http://www.youtube.com/v/m3wPxFCo5L4
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I broke down and watched the first episode of Devil Survivor 2: The Animation (Sentai Filmworks as apparently already licensed it and the first three episodes are available subbed on Hulu at the moment).
Quite good! Retains a lot of the style and feel of the game, voice cast seems well matched. Really like the music and seeing the demon battles fully animated. I'll watch the rest of the eps available and then probably just wait for the DVD release. It's good, but I just have waaay too many other TV commitments at the moment.
ADORE the ending credits! Need that song on my mp3 player stat.
Well, I fell behind in my anime watching due mostly to the fact I got a new phone given that my old one died. Of course that isn't the only reason (playing Tomb Raider was another big part). So I've been playing mostly catch up with the series now. And... still not completely caught up.
Funny enough. Not being caught up on anything, found time to start even more anime that I wasn't watching before. :D
First the anime I was watching already. I'll try to keep it short. :P
Hataraku Maou-sama episode 6. Lucifer is a neet. Scary picture of the landlord? More fun with Chiho? Chiho's classmate? :duck: Great episode. Only thing is not that many amusing faces this episode (though the reaction to the picture is lol).
Railgun episode 5. Good episode. And once again showing that the clones are more amusing than Misaka herself. And Accelerator. Never liked him even with *Spoilers of Index and, while I haven't been reading them, the Light Novels*, as if the events of that happen later is supposed to make it better. Well this episode shows me why I hate him so much. :orks:
Gargantia episode 4. Well, I thought this episode was better than 3. One thing is certain, if Urobachi surprised me with anything, is that, at the moment at least, it isn't the Grim Dark series I expected it. Yet. The only tihng that will surprise me is if it continues this way till the end.
And now, the series I didn't start until now.
Valvrave episode 1. I don't know what the people I talk to are talking about. This appears to be a generic Sunrise mecha series. What do they mean it's going to be a trainwreck~ :parrot: Yes. I was entertained. But knowing spoilers... it's going to get bad. But, since they're still watching it, it's going to be a 'so bad it's good' series.
Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin), episode 1. Since everyone is talking about it, might as well watch it. First episode, sets up the story. Nothing to write home about but... still a good start. Will continue to watch.
that's it. And still short. :P
Hmm. Maybe I should have made my reply after I stopped my mini-marathon of sorts. Which I'm not entirely done either given that I still haven't caught up with everything. Oh well... double post~
Hataraku Maou-sama episode 7
Stairs are Emi's worst enemy. It's also obvious what Kimono girl is up to, even if misunderstandings and obliviousness is abound. Still, awesome episode as always.
Railgun episode 6
Alright I guess. It's funny. I like the series, like the episode, just not much to say about it. Maybe that's a good thing since I tend to rant a lot. :p But yeah. Story advances, get to see Misaka's thoughts on the matter, the back story on what's happening, not much to comment about positively or negatively. It (IMO at least) does it's job.
Gargantia episode 5
Episodes like this one, makes it hard for me to take the series that seriously. Main character wants to feel useful. Goes around looking for a job. Okay. So what happens when he doesn't find one? Let's party to cheer him up! Again, Urobachi is one again surprising me, with how light hearted everything is at the moment.
Well, as you can see, not caught up with the series above. However... there is a reason for this double post. And that is... the one series I somehow wound up catching up on. And one that I sort of regret doing so.
Valvrave episode 2-8.
...my gawd. This is... it's a disaster. And I don't mean earthquakes, tornados, floods, etc. I mean if you just watch episode 1, you would have thought this was a normal mech series. But as the story progresses, it, they throw logic and common sense out the window. Space vampires, political shenanigans, random musical acts, Space twitter, space kickstarter, odd fanservice moments (not that I mind this one but still~), body switching shenanigans, a high school music video, people with motives that fly against common sense, THEY KILLED... who? (trying to make it seem tragic. While the audience really didn't get to know said character due to lack of major character development). The series is an utter mess in everything. Story, characters, you name it.
It's why I will NEVER recommend this series to anyone. It's just, wow. The amount of facepalming moments is unbelievable.
That being said, why am I still watching it? Well, the analogy to a train wreck would explain it. It's so horrible that, I can't look away. The enjoyment I'm feeling, has nothing to do with how great it is. But on seeing how far of a disaster they are making it. :siren:
And at least the battles are good. If still affected by the silliness above.
Man, each episode of Yahari Ore no Seishun gets more dramatic and more deeper, but in a good way. We have your typical anti-social MC, but he's not the usual dense guy. He's very perceptive, and understands his world around him VERY clear.
Here is a monologue of him explaining why he hates Nice girls....Them feels man....them feels
http://www.youtube.com/v/R1y4xILgkFk
:neg: :neg: :neg: :neg: :neg:
:cantdeal:
Quote from: Tenchi Ryu on June 10, 2013, 02:06:26 AM
Here is a monologue of him explaining why he hates Nice girls....Them feels man....them feels
http://www.youtube.com/v/R1y4xILgkFk
Wow I never thought of it that way. Now I don't like nice girls :damn:
I started watching Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride. Is that normal some episode with censor and others not ? :duck:
Scared shitless
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:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
Here's the scene in full
http://www.youtube.com/v/8sQ_Aofbjl4
Like the great Bishop Don Magic Juan always preaches.....control yo hoes.
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Someone had finished Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride too ? I thought that was good, but I like the first season better.
I had finished watching all anime from it season I had watched the last weeks (thought I had watched the first episode of Date a Live today...) and I am a bit disappointed with what I had choice. Those series had their moment, but the only anime I found memorable was Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W and I hope it will have another season because the romance was not ending and the only character development it have is that the lesbian turn bi and loves the boy too now.
So....after being ridiculously late, gonna write my review for the Spring Season. Steam has pretty much taken over my life, and what's left goes to hentai doujins and stuff. So for the past 5 or 6 weeks, haven't really watched any anime at all unless I was collecting some Blu Ray rips off of Nyaa. And as of this post, except for DxD, don't know ANY of the current shows airing yet. Anyway, need to finally get this over with cause I'm at least 4 episodes behind on the current season now.
Hataraku Maou-sama!
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Gonna just jump right in and get it out the way. Not only my favorite show of the season, but probably the favorite anime of the year so far. It just hit all cylinders perfectly, kept me entertained each episode and had all the things I like in anime, Action, comedy and small amounts of cliche. I loved the protagonist, the side characters, just everyone. I don't have much else to right because ain't much else to talk about, this show was just that perfect for me.
Final Score: 10 out of 10
Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride
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The first 4-5 episodes were tough to watch, not cause it was necessarily bad, but cause it just didn't feel like Samurai girls. Don't get me wrong, the ecchi was top notch, and the comedy was great, but it just felt like something was missing. Then the second half of the show came around and reminded me what it was, the action. When it tries, Samurai girls has some of the best action scenes in anime in the last 5 years or so. And in the end, that's why I enjoy it. So yea, I know I'm biased as hell with my rating for it, and I'm cool with that. Cause in the end, this season did exactly what I hoped it would, added Matebei and Hanzo into the harem. So therefore....
Final Score: 9 out of 10
Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai.
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This season reminded me two things, that I can really like Oreimo at times and I can also really hate it. Kirino also reminded me why I couldn't stand her ass the first season, luckily she did kinda sorta get better around the second half, and made me almost forget me not liking her. ALMOST. Kyou also got on my nerves at times being the public punching bag, just seemingly had no issue getting kicked, slapped, punched by anyone who needed to relieve some stress. Honestly was screaming at times for him to grow some balls. But then, the good parts of the show also shined. Saori's background and character development really worked, as well as Kuroneko's screen time. And as I mentioned, seeing Kirino finally warm up after like 23 freaking episodes was nice. As we all know, the true finale of the series airs in a few weeks from now, so its kinda tough to truly rate the season. So I'll just rate the first 13 episodes.
Final Score: 8 out of 10
Suisei no Gargantia
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Knowing this was written by Urobuchi, I was expecting some kind of twist that makes you question the logic of what was originally considered right not logical. And around the end of the series, we did get that. But surprisingly, we we're still able to get a nice happy-ish ending. One thing I also really liked were the character designs, especially Bellows who I thought was absolutely HAWT (the hot chick in my avatar).
Final Score: 7.5 out of 10
Photokano
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From what I've been told, Photokano was a lot like Amagami, another show I have on my to watch list. That being said, Photokano wasn't a bad show, in fact, it was pretty entertaining at times. But it also lacked any innovation what so ever. The typical childhood friend scenario, the imouto, the quite emo girl, it pretty much had it all. And since every girl got an episode dedicated to the main character choosing them, it all was packed into one show. While the females felt pretty cliche, the main character honestly felt like a normal guy, and I really appreciated this. Otherwise, kinda hard to say I would recommend this, not cause I found it bad, but because I feel you have to have certain taste to enjoy this.
Final Score: 7 out of 10
Kakumeiki Valvrave
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Valvrave, valvrave, valvrave. Or ValvRape if you get it :chord: Feel divided about this show, on one hand, the action is not bad. But on the other hand, the action is the only think going for this show. With the "romantic drama", the stupid naive nature of the "friendship and kids shit beats all" theme going on, just really hard to take this show seriously when it doesn't come to the action. Luckily, the action is pretty good and definitely of Sunrise caliber. This is technically a 2 cour show, meaning we've only reached halfway and will resume the second half in the fall. And from how the cliffhanger went and what we saw in the previews, its about to get even crazier, but maybe in a good way this time.
Final Score: 6.5 out of 10
Shingeki no Kyojin
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So, as everyone calls Attack on Titan in english, is technically not a Spring season anime anymore, but I'll still review the first half. Let's just get it out the way, the show is hyped as hell, and probably a little overrated. But it deserves it, cause the shit is just flat out good. The intense moments really keep you on your seat, and often times leaves you wanting more, but that also becomes one of my issues with the show, with many others apparently. One of the main criticisms is the pacing of the show, and I have to agree. For me, it just feels like the plot if taking a little too much time to move along. Yea its true that rushing the show can hurt it (Looking at you Demon King Daimao), but you don't want to be sitting there bored to death with dialogue from nothing but flashbacks for an entire 5 mins. Still, this is gonna be a damn good ride.
Half-way Score: 8 out of 10
Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.
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This is the one I consider the sleeper hit of the season. I honestly wasn't expecting much, and at best thought it would be a Boku wa Tomodachi rip off, but I'm glad I was wrong. I personally think this series took the dramatic role better than Boku did, and made it very realistic. At times, when our main character Hachiman would give us one of his depressingly dead on interpretations about life, you sat there thinking how not only he was right, but how it was refreshing to see an anime of all things, tackle real life situations so realistically. I'd love another season of this, though its probably unlikely anytime soon.
Final Score: 8 our of 10
Welp, that wraps it up after all this time, literally 3 weeks after I actually finished watching the damn shows. Guess now I have no excuse and need to start researching these new shows.
Glad to see you talking about anime again, TR ! I agree with you about Kyou. Well I don't have issue with boys people call 'pussy' (I like Rito from To Love Ru for example) but that really annoying me each thing Kyou get trouble to protect his sister and then said sister acts like an ungrateful bitch to him. I would had let her alone with her problems a long times ago. :getin:
Hope you will found your show for it summer soon !
I commend you. This has saved me from boredom.
Heheh. I still 'need' to get back and finish the Spring season. Having said that, means I just doomed myself into not finishing it. :neg: