Spring Anime Catalogue 2014
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Original Work: Hirohiko Araki (manga)
Producers: David Production
Episodes: N/A
Director: Toshiyuki Kato, Tsuda, Naokatsu
[ WEBSITE ] [ #jojo_anime ]
THIS IS BAAAAACK! I regret not covering JoJo when the first two parts aired last year but well, at least I can join in the mini-talk on this series in Spring. In terms of story, we will be hearing Ono Daisuke, reprising the seventeen-year-old delinquent, Jotaro Kujo (same VA as the old released OVAs). The power we have seen our previous JoJo’s possess will be encompassed by this punk, with his “Stand”. No wonder the OP title is pretty much “Stand Proud”. Of course, typical of a JoJo story, our protagonist-kun will have to fight through many baddies for his family (his mother in this case), and overcome many challenges. It’s going to be EXCITING with many CAPS as we will go through many power-up and their detailed explanation. Yep, this should be AWESOME and I’m already signed up.
Does this need a preview? It’s the next season of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure by David Production, the company responsible for the excellent anime re-adaptation from last year. If you liked that show, you’ve been waiting for more with great anticipation. If you didn’t like that show, you obviously have shit taste.
FK YA MORE DAMN JOJO!! When I saw the first few episodes of JOJO part one I originally was going to drop it because it wasn’t doing a whole lot for me, but after sticking with it through both parts of the first season I was ADDICTED! Why? I have no idea I guess the over the top fights and oddball characters kept me watching week after week especially with Joesph Joestar voiced by Suigita Tomokazu who basically acted like Gintoki 2.0 from Gintama; however I hear that the third part will be more serious in tone? Whatever happens I can’t wait to continue the epic journey of the Joestar family.
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Original Work: Yunosuke Yoshinaga (manga)
Producers: Production I.G, Xebec
Episodes: 12
Director: Tetsuro Amino, Nobuyoshi Habara
[ WEBSITE ] [ #breakblade ]
For the first time watchers, here’s how the plot goes: In the continent of Cruzon, an inevitable war is brewing between the Kingdom of Krisna and the nation of Athens. The people of this land are able to use quartz for whatever purpose they desire. Yet our protagonist, Rygart Arrow, cannot. He is an “un-sorcerer,” a person unable to use quartz. But this characteristic enables him to pilot an ancient Golem, one strong enough to put up a fight against the invading army of Athens.
Ahhh yes Break Blade! I remember watching the six movies for this unique mecha series! First off we never go into space so everything takes place on the ground and that is kind of rare to find in almost every other mecha series, but I also feel that Break Blade is more about the actual characters and their everyday struggles. However, when it comes to the action moments you will be on the edge of your seats! That and check out the voice cast with people like Kana Hanazawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Marina Inoue and Chiwa Saito. Not to mention this is coming to us from Production IG! Anyway I have high hopes for this to have a mixture of scenes from the movies and plenty of new scenes thrown in.
If you haven’t checked out the previous movie series, then enough excuses out of you as this 12-ep series is a redux of the film series with new scenes from the manga added that were not previously animated, which is a plus for peeps like Fosh & I who’ve already enjoyed the awesome series as nicely animated by I.G. & Xebec, who are quite a formidable duo. The mech designs by Takayuki Yanase are cool and the story is multi-faceted, from energy resources to royalty to romance and more.
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By your powers combined, I AM CAPTAIN PLANET! Errr I mean Captain Earth! Come on, we all were thinking that, right? So, Bones is at it again and by it I mean diving back into the world of mecha, but can they recover from the messy ending of Star Driver and that terrible second season of Eureka Seven? I certainly hope that they can buckle down and actually deliver something AMAZING or am I just putting too much faith in Bones? I guess I just want something fun and cool from them instead another copy/paste mecha, but who knows maybe this will redeem them from their past mistakes with their take on mecha.
In terms of story, we have Daichi Manatsu, a second-year in high school, who sees a weird round rainbow floating in the sky above Seed Island one night and ventures there alone. With the memories of his father’s mysterious death and an encounter of a mysterious boy and girl, Daiji arrives on the island, while the alarm of a building labeled “Earth Engine” is going off. Someone asks him if he’s a captain, just as robotic intruders from Uranus called “Kiltgang” arrives. You can understand the rest as this seems a perfect opportunity for him to pilot a mecha.
Well, it features Maaya Sakamoto as a busty pink-haired probably-evil character. That alone is worth the price of admission, even if you don’t like mecha. Which I don’t.
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This is an original anime by Satelight and looks promising for sure. Not only the character designs by Onigunsō are unique but with Junichi Sato (Sailor Moon, Aria, Phi Brain, Tamayura) helming this project means, we should be getting something quality, which is any mecha fan’s dream (action with plot). As well, if you see Shoji Kawamori’s (Escaflowne, Macross, Eureka Seven), name on a mecha, you should expect something good, even if it’s only on the mechanical design department. Sometimes, the other staff can’t keep up with his awesomeness. However, seeing Mari Okada (AnoHana, Nagi no Asukara, Rozen Maiden) behind the script, it gives me hope that this should be an interesting overall combination. Not to mention, you can’t always expect Sunrise to release ALL the mecha anime, Satelight (Macross, Space Pirates, Aquarion/ Evol) has a good market rep too. Overall, from staff alone, this looks pretty good. Now I just want to see these grim looking kids (check out their extra dark eye-outline), do some crazy things.
Judging by the only preview I could find on M3 I think this will follow a bunch of students training to become mecha pilots and if that is true it might prove to be very interesting even though most people hate the whole oh no we have to train at a military school to pilot anything mechanical in a possible war where people might die like in the failed Pilots Love Song from the winter season or will this be more like Girls Und Panzer with mecha? Whatever the story will be I plan on watching this and I happen to love hearing any OP that May’n works on! Hopefully it will be something catchy like all her Phi Brain openings? Besides that I am excited to hear Misato Fukuen because I have missed listening to her voice <3
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Welcome to another period anime with a mecha twist. We all know that Nobunaga the Fool was not a big hit with the masses even when it contained a massive seiyuu cast. So, I am more than cautious with this title. In terms of plot (haha!), we will be back in Japan’s favourite Edo period, where it is put under crisis by Kurofune (Black Ships), from foreign countries. However, a giant robot, Onigami, which conveniently existed since ancient time, saves the day. Following that, we start with an unchartered territory because Meiji restoration does not happen.
This is another original anime as Project-D (is this a new thing after that GoHands writers thing with K?), is credited for the story, while Dai Sato (Eureka Seven) is in charge of the series scripts. Hiroya Iijima is adapting Shunya Yamashita’s original character designs for animation. Makoto Ishiwata of Nitroplus is designing the mecha. Kazuya Sasahara (Cat Shit One) planned the project, and Takashi Watanabe (Shakugan no Shana, Slayers) is directing it at J.C. Staff and A.C.G.T. Seiyuu cast looks solid with Ayako Kawasumi (Saber), Miyuki Sawashiro (Celty), Takehito Koyasu (Dio), Yoko Hikasa (Yui) and Tetsuya Kakihara (a la Miss Isuzu’s Rundelhaus).
But cherry on top is the protag-kun, who breaks out in hives if he touches a woman. Yep! He’s a virgin so I am pretty sure he would be haunted by some girls and become the center of a harem with the amount of female names I see under the cast list. There are some other stereotypical characters that accompany him in this story with a supernatural twist but really, don’t get into this unless you like the genre. Though, I’ll watch the first episode just to hear some possible Engrish from Rundelhaus.
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Original Work: Shiden Kanzaki (light novel)
Producers: Kinema Citrus
I was kind of looking forward to this release but was disappointed with the trailers. Rather than seeing dark facade of an post-apocalyptic future, this seems like more of a easy-going daily life of few special agents fighting the situation. Supposedly, humans have been defeated by Gastrea, a viral parasite and have been exiled into a small territory (Tokyo of course!), to live in terror (I hope to god, Terror in Tokyo is much better than this).
Our Yuki Kaji voiced protagonist, Rentaro, is the member of the “Civil Security”—an organization specializing in fighting against the Gastrea, while his partner, Enju, is a twin-tailed loli. You understand where this is going, right? I have bad Coppelion vibes here but will give this a short spin nonetheless.
Japan sure does love its post-apocalyptic settings, with series like Neon Genesis Evangelion, a well-regarded classic, and Coppelion, a show that’s not quite as well-regarded. Unfortunately, the trailer and synopsis is making me think of the latter more than the former, and there’s no one in the staff list that seems particularly encouraging. But hey, maybe Yuuki Kaji’s character will lose an arm, and fripside’s OP won’t sound exactly like Only My Railgun/Level 5/Sister’s Noise.
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Original Work: Hiro Mashima (manga)
Producers: A-1 Pictures, Bridge
As the “to be continued” card at the end of the last Fairy Tale anime announced, they’ve picked it back up again. …Though it seems kind of vague as to what this actually is, since all the internet seems to say is that Fairy Tail anime has been “relaunched”. I assume from the fact that they’re including things from the next arc in the preview, that this is a continuation, but maybe they’ll have a recap episode or something at some point.
In any case, the director, voice acting staff and animation studio all seems to be the same. The only difference is that they changed the character designer for the sake of quality improvement or something and the animation looks pretty good, so it’s both the same, and yet, better.
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Original Work: Ichiro Sakaki (light novel)
Producers: BONES
Based on Ichiro Sakaki’s a light novel, the story hits off when a 20-year-old retired soldier, Tohru Acura, meandering through life after a war’s end, meets Chaika Trabant, a fourteen-year-old sorceress carrying a coffin. Not sure why Tohru takes up a coffin carrying teenager with him, maybe it’s her maido outfit? What the casts, these two travel with Tohru’s adopted sister, Akari, the only employed member of this group and their source of income. I see tough times and some comedy to ensue.
The lead role is voiced by a relatively new voice actress so we’ll have to see how she does but there are some prominent names like Chiwa Saito and Junji Majima along with Yoshimasa Hosoya in the seiyuu cast, for whom I will be checking this out. Bones is going all out this season with three releases and this being a Sakaki creation, whose previous work has been adapted to anime (Scrapped Princess, Strait Jacket, Magician’s Academy, Polyphonica, CODE-E, and Outbreak Company), this should be worth checking out.
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Well, it’s Gainax, so the animation will probably be bad, and the director is a rookie. But at least it will feature some great but underused voice actors like Ryoko Shintani (Sae from Hidamari Sketch), Satomi Arai (Shiraishi Kuroko from the Railgun series), and Yoshino Nanjou (Aki from Robotics;Notes and also vocalist of fripside).
As your resident magical girl fan on Metanorn I am somewhat interested in seeing what Gianax does for the magical girl genre even though they did something similar with Panty and Stocking which is almost a magical girl series…ok maybe that was a terrible example, but honestly I don’t really have any high expectations for this because I don’t think it will be as dark as Madoka or as bright and happy as any Precure series, but who knows maybe they will create something cool with this anime. Just for notes though, it is a project created from a variety show for the Otaku “2.5 Chigen TV” (2.5 Dimension TV). The characters are the mahou shoujo that represents each local town in Japan. The characters that won from the second illustration competitions that were held on pixiv will appear in the anime.
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Original Work: Don Heck (Iron Man), Jack Kirby, Joe Simon (Captain America), Larry Lieber (Iron Man), Stan Lee, Steve Ditko (Spider-Man)
Producers: Toei Animation
This is basically just another link in the endless chain of toys little boys play during recess with their friends. This new trend happens to involve pictures of Marvel Superheroes on little discs. Riveting, I know. The show is targeted at little boys so I doubt anyone reading this has any vague interest in this whatsoever.
Oh god why?! Why do we keep getting these season after season? At least, I’m happy to see Madhouse’s name not on it anymore. This is going to be another story about how Avengers (Iron Man, Spider-Man, Captain America, Thor and Hulk), fight against Loki. Really, nothing much else to see here.
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The title is mocking enough, telling us rather abruptly (and loudly…with an exclamation point) that this is NOT the same as Soul Eater. It takes place in the same universe, but the events are apparently before anything that happens in the original Soul Eater anime and manga. It also shifts gears to new characters who are more content living the good life than going out and killing things. The prospect brings…mixed feelings. I loved Soul Eater, and it was popular enough to drag in even casual anime fans. It’s nice to have more and I’m sure a lot of fans are happy, but this isn’t quite how I’d want to get more Soul Eater. I’m not the biggest slice of life fan, and it was really the action that made Soul Eater stand out to me. As a sequel to Soul Eater, I’m a little sad. As an anime in general, it’s probably going to be a really fun show with tons of shout-outs to the old fans.
Now, if slice of life is your thing, you may be in luck. I loved the comedic timing and the jokes in the original anime, and I imagine the source material should be quite strong here as well. However, there’s a different director (Masakazu Hashimoto) on board from the original who really hasn’t done much on their own before. It’s a little worrisome, but we’ve still got the reliable BONES at hand with animation and a stellar seiyuu cast. All in all, this should really feel just like a genre-swapped version of Soul Eater.
Not! is a bit of a different take on Soul Eater for sure. For one, the start of Not! actually occurs before the original Soul Eater story and it’s events. Another difference is that the students in the NOT (normally overcome target) program are only there to learn how to control their powers as opposed to using them to battle the forces of evil, unlike Maka and the others in the original Soul Eater. …So that means a lot less action and a surprising amount of yuri action, since Tsugumi (the main character and weapon, which adds a different perspective on how the whole weapon/meister relationship works), ends up with two female partners. An airhead and an ojou-sama, of course. It’s nothing quite on Sakura Trick’s level, but if you’re familiar with Soul Eater’s fan service, you should have some kind of idea of what to expect. Actually, the humour is all there as well. This is just a more laid back version of Soul Eater.
Soul Eater meets K-On?! Where do I sign up!? That said what will this NOT be? It will probably NOT have any epic fights and we will NOT see any of the other characters or will we? All I can say is you better NOT hold your breath for Soul and Maka being on screen for more than five or ten minutes…
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Original Work: Tsutomu Nihei (manga)
Producers: POLYGON PICTURES
Sidonia no Kishi is one of those post-apocalyptic tales where mankind has escaped to the stars. In this case, they’re running away from giant alien monsters who allegedly have nothing better to do than cause wanton destruction. Anyway, enter the hero of the show, who finds himself the pilot of a giant space robot for the purpose of fighting off the giant space monsters. This all sounds fairly generic on paper, but as I reasoned with Pacific Rim, I’m a sucker for giant things beating up giant things in over-the-top battles. So this should be right up my alley. There is a minor concern about the show being completely CG, which is a complaint that will always crop up since this sort of animation is a new, uncomfortable change to most. That said, we’ve seen that a full-CG anime can be done with reasonable success (see: Ars Nova), so I’m not too worked up about it.
The biggest story with this show is that it will be streaming on Netflix. After next season, though, so us dirty pirates will have seen it already. But still, Netflix picking up an anime show to distribute in the West is a pretty big deal. Now, why did they choose this show? I honestly have no idea, but maybe they thought the full-CG animation would have more crossover appeal with Western audiences? I’m a believer in CG thanks in part to works like Black Rock Shooter, Evangelion 2.22, and Girls und Panzer, and hope to see more and more of it in anime in the future, but last season’s Ars Nova displayed plainly that the technology isn’t there yet for an all-CG show. It’s hard to believe that technology will have gotten significantly better in just half a year, but hey, this is a different studio with a different team, so maybe they will do something better with it.
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POWUH: Meta Team and Meta-Analyst with 3844 comments
No Metanorn, No Life.
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
Ain’t that the truth? 😉
POWUH: Meta Team and PreCure Mastah with 9203 comments
AMEN BRO!
POWUH: Meta Resident and Metanorn's Hime-chan~ with 1758 comments
Well said 😀
POWUH: Meta Team and Ringleader Extraordinaire~ with 6433 comments
DAAAWWWWW
POWUH: Metanorn Regular with 110 comments
yet after having 1000s complete anime watching yet seeing spring 2014 batch most of them i wait for dub version on it.
but for sake at least one series i’m only got on my watching yea only got blade & soul series to watch.
the rest of spring still not yet tempt me.
POWUH: Meta Team and PreCure Mastah with 9203 comments
Blade and soul should be fun~
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
I find it hard to stick to just one series when there are so many more choices right beside it. The temptation would eventually get to you until you’ve seen what it has to offer.
POWUH: Meta Resident and Werewolf Chaser with 1270 comments
Unless you are very picky abt anime you watch, there literally no way to stop one frm watching multiple series within a season. The anime industry is *not* as bad as ppl tend to make out if ppl can still pick animes of different genre to watch every season.
POWUH: and LOLi Defender with 10997 comments
But if it isn’t that bad, then who will save it?
POWUH: Meta Team and Spammy Tamer with 7115 comments
I continue to chafe at the people who say “anime just isn’t good anymore.” I consider that to be looking at history with rose-colored glasses, not seeing the bad things in a season, and comparing only good things in a season to current. Sure, maybe the balance of things isn’t what you like, but that doesn’t mean that the best things aren’t as good as the best things from most other seasons (if not the best things out of your entire memory). And it doesn’t mean the bad things are any worse than the bad things from previous seasons were.
POWUH: and LOLi Defender with 10997 comments
I think a great many come to anime seeing it as a genre of “WTF 2Deep4ME, CRazy AWesOME” stuff instead of embracing it as a medium, much like any television or film is capable of. They keep it as a big old BLAM rather than just a good storytelling vehicle.
In that regard they may ignore tastes they could develop as tastes mature and grow.
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
Ahh!!! Nooo!! All my favorite Winter and carry over series are at an end and now I feel so hollow but it’s safe to say this Winter was stronger than those of the previous years. Hopefully this Spring will have good enough shows to fill that huge void. This is one of the seasons of the year that has a serious reputation to uphold. At least this time, I’ll be on the lookout for anything romance heavy and save myself the trouble by avoiding it right away. So far, it doesn’t look like there are any like that here.
Akuma no Riddle
Atelier Escha & Logy: Tasogare no Sora no Renkinjutsushi
Black Bullet
Blade & Soul
Break Blade
Date A Live II
Fuun Ishin Dai Shogun
Gokukoku no Brynhildr
Hitsugi no Chaika
Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san
Love Live! School Idol Project 2nd Season
M3: Sono Kuroki Tetsu
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
Mekaku City Actors
No Game No Life
Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin
Seikoku no Dragonar
Selector Infected WIXOSS
Soul Eater Not!
Maybe:
Captain Earth
Fairy Tail (2014)
Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to
Mushishi Zoku Shou
Sidonia no Kishi
Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii
It’s always funny seeing series with the bottom of their column being stated that no one wants it, then later you find it’s being blogged and sometimes, the whole way through. Like Kore wa Zombie desu ka S1, Strike the Blood and High School DxD (First season only got a first impression while the second got the full treatment). More props to the statement “Don’t judge a book by its cover”. Look at how Guilty Crown turned out after everyone swarmed in from seeing a trailer that mostly beautiful animation.
Pfft, hahaha!! Looks like Fosh has a lot shows to appease his mecha addiction. Good for you, bud. I’m not sure how I feel about Kenzen Robo Daimindaler after watching the PV on ANN a while back. The premise seemed interesting but seeing those black and white things with apparently their nether regions sticking out, I was seriously put off. The fact the team behind the awesome High School DxD has a hand in this has me even more skeptical.
Yes, more Date A Live!! Hard to believe the first season was exactly a year ago. Though it’s too bad it’s going the way of Kore wa Zombie: Of the Dead with only 10 episodes but it’s alright as long as there’s a lot of Tohka and, of course, more of that sexy, yandere, psychopathic murderess Kurumi Tokisaki. The bad girls are always more appealing than the good ones.
I heard this Fairy Tail is a reboot so I’m curious to see what makes it so acclaimed by a handful of commenting sites. I may have missed the new Hunter x Hunter but won’t make the same mistake with this and if it doesn’t work out for me, at least it was checked out first.
Akuma no Riddle has a been a show I’ve been anticipating since Fall last year, especially due to its premise and now that Winter’s shows are all practically over, it sounds like Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge (Insane, murderous competitors) meets Sakura Trick. Anyway, more yuri is always welcome with me.
Post-apocalyptic settings always make a good stage for a dark story and is a side interest of mine so Black Bullet sounds right up my alley. The preview, in a way, gave me Burst Angel vibes.
Hitsugi no Chaika:
If you mean Chika Anzai, I don’t think it’s entirely accurate saying she’s new. If anything, she’s ascending from voicing side characters because she’s had roles in Chihayafuru seasons 1 and 2, Hunter x Hunter, Kakumeiki Valvrave and Shingeki no Kyojin.
POWUH: Meta Team and Spammy Tamer with 7115 comments
Well, it’s good that the seasons are kinda long, and we can figure out after a couple whether we want to cover a show. With the information that’s out before the season starts, what we’re blogging is just a guess, sometimes better than others, sometimes worse. Personally, I’m trying to hold back on committing this season so I can possibly pick one or two things up. 🙂
POWUH: 600-699 and LN Enthusiast with 623 comments
One very minor mistake, Kyokai.
In Mahouka, there’s a mistake in mentioning Nakamura Yuuichi’s previous roles. He didn’t voice Kyon from Haruhi. That’s Nakamura’s bro, Sugita Tomokazu. You could replace it with OreImo’s Kyosuke(and Hayami Saori also did Ayase there)
I’m very nitpicky in terms of seiyuus so sue me 😛
Will post my list of picks later on but I’m pretty sure my count is around 28 shows. Overloaded as usual but definitely lower than back in Fall. And not much carryovers so it’s much lighter than in Winter when I have 35 in my watch list in MAL because of the 2-cours of Fall. So once again, goodbye life.
POWUH: 600-699 and LN Enthusiast with 623 comments
Damn, that wasn’t suppose to be a reply to HW. Ah well.
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
Don’t beat yourself up about that. People make mistakes. 😉
POWUH: Meta Team and Ringleader Extraordinaire~ with 6433 comments
Oh btw, BB, seiyuu industry is cut-throat. Few support roles are nothing in terms of experience for a lead role. People work on credit-less voice-cast and then move up to small roles and what not for a wish to get a break on big series. This will be a big step for Miss Chika and so my thoughts. 😉
POWUH: and LOLi Defender with 10997 comments
By contrast, I am going to count on far fewer shows than I have in past. Unless, of course, the good folk here can persuade me otherwise. I have about maybe ten shows that I will count on as solid watches. The rest I can catch up on in back log…cause that never shrinks, right?
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
True. Knowing there are hardly any carryover shows this time makes the anime load a lot lighter. But most of the ones that continued from Fall 2013 were pretty good and it’s sad to see them finally come to an end. I’m already wishing for more seasons for a handful of certain choices.
POWUH: and LOLi Defender with 10997 comments
Yeah, Niskoi and ZAAA FUUUUUL are the carryovers for me. But I think Captain Earth is a two cour show.
POWUH: Meta Team and Ringleader Extraordinaire~ with 6433 comments
@belatkuro, no worries, I would do the same in terms of seiyuu. I dunno what I was thinking while writing, I actually wanted to write Tomoya from Clannad but wrote Kyon from Haruhi instead. I guess, it was the KyoAni effect that got me after long hours of work and staying up night to finish this huge post. >>;
POWUH: Metanorn Regular with 104 comments
As usual,tons of stuff to try out although I’ll probably end up dropping half of them like I always do,heh. I’ll be trying out the following:
– Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
– Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou
– Break Blade
– Sidonia no Kishi
– M3: Sono Kuroki Hagane
– Gokukoku no Brynhildr
– Date a Live II
– Isshuukan Friends
– Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii
– Hitsugi no Chaika
– Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to
– Mekaku City Actors
– Kanojo ga Flag o Oraretara
– Seikoku no Dragonar
– Black Bullet
– Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin
– Kenzen Robo Daimidaler
– Captain Earth
Here’s to a good spring season.
POWUH: Meta Team and Ringleader Extraordinaire~ with 6433 comments
Your list is very mecha heavy and I like it! :3
Indeed, let’s hope for a good and quality season!
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
Looks like mecha fans have really gotten a huge fix this season. Though I’m sure some shows of the genre are going to be dropped.
POWUH: Meta Resident and Metanorn's Hime-chan~ with 1758 comments
UUUUU~ spring list~ finally, a chance to fangirl 😀
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
Try not to wear yourself out. You have a whole new row of shows to check.
POWUH: Meta Resident and Metanorn's Hime-chan~ with 1758 comments
I’m containing my energy for Summer season. :3 Gotta save it for ‘dem bishies~ <3
POWUH: Meta Team and Ringleader Extraordinaire~ with 6433 comments
Bishies are good for health. :3
POWUH: and LOLi Defender with 10997 comments
Farewell, long cold winter. And a somewhat sad goodbye to all the shows you unleashed. But with Spring comes renewal in both shows and of mind.
I think I am going to pull back on the amount of shows watch. I can only point out about eight of the 20 last season that I would call my rock solid watches, the rest just killed some time, or were dropped at some point along the way.
So with that in mind, I would call most of this slate a solid maybe, with only a few being not at all.
But I do have some potential solid shows for my tastes in mind.
M3: I call the creative team a win and would love to see them pull of more intense mecha action.
Black Bullet: I like the manga fairly well. One of the things it underlines is that even in the face of catastrophic change we will still cling to the same social structures we had all along; even fears and prejudices. Some of the earlier action scene read as pretty muddled, so I hope the animation can clean it up.
Soul Eater, NOT! : I enjoyed the original show, and I dig slice of life. So this is not a bad combination for me…
WIXOSS: I’m somewhat remiss to follow a show based on a card game; not just because it’s a card game, but that I don’t really know how much marketing and other non-storytelling concerns will shape the composition. That being said, the director of Steins; Gate (and also of Ichigo Mashimaro) and Mari Okada teaming up sounds to good to ignore. The character designer of Ichigo Mashimaro does the same job here. So….cute moe designers, twisted storytelling, psychological plot line….have we seen this before?
JoJo: FK YA! Nuff said….
Mahouka: I loves me so magitek, and the PVs done by FFF/IB=FBI show off some crunchy bits that I just cannot resist. I just hope the school life story doesn’t swallow up to much of what could be a good world build.
POWUH: Meta Resident and Werewolf Chaser with 1270 comments
The BRS anime?
And well, personally Z/X Ignition is actually pretty decent for an anime adapted frm card game (it helps that there a lot of lore setting for the card game) so I won’t write it off just because its based on one.
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
True, Z/X Ignition is an alright series. A little close to Devil Survivor 2 in comparison, though. And I see you’re giving the series some support with that avatar of yours. 😉
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I kept up with DS2 and wasn’t all to pleased with it. If Z/X is good, it’s only as good as it can get. I don’t thing the card game as anime approach is universal for the context of WIXOSS. Just as LN or Manga as a success is as good as it’s anime adaptation could be.
Case in point. JC Staff’s working of Kamachi-san’s Index is much better than the LN’s.
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When I saw the pics of the chibi Sieger keychain, I KNEW I had to use it as my avatar. Best (preverted) neko material （ΦωΦ）
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I’m going to miss all that snow. The North-East got a good dumping this year, wish that had happened to my area as well~~~
Well, here’s to the (hopefully) nice and hot summer around the corner~
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Haven’t decided on anything yet, but will keep a watch. Will keep on following Nobunaga in the meantime.
Kamigami no Asobi: Too bad Yato isn’t part of the cast, being a male (somewhat bishie) god. Then he’d be able to enjoy his high school life with the other gods!!
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Something’s telling me you’re going to have a number of series to watch soon enough. Some tend to hook you when you’re not expecting it, those you never thought you’d be interested in.
While the story is all over the place and unpredictable, Nobunaga The Fool is becoming more fun by the episode. He may be headstrong and absurdly arrogant but Nobunaga proves to be a good strategist and considerate of his people. You just got to peel back the thick layers of ego to see it.
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
And here I was thinking I was managing to clear up some of my backlog, not realizing that spring season is about to start. So much for whittling down my backlog
(;-_-)ノ
Last season was 24 started (9 dropped). I kind of wish I had dropped Hamtora earlier on, but I was already at episode 8 and decided to kill all the remaining in one sitting… I sincerely regret doing so.
Let me check out the previews and report back… though I’m sure it’s going to be 20+, mwahaha… oh wells
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The Backlog! It shrinks all the time, right????! kdfj;alkdfja;sdlkfjas;dlkfas
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No. You just let the backlog grow over time until you don’t get to finish it in your lifetime. It’s a fearsome thing really.
I will conquer my backlog someday, even if it takes several lifetimes!
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Toumafist.jpg.
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Yeesh, having a huge backlog is a fearsome thing. That’s why I try my best to finish my intended series in the season they’re airing whenever I have some free time that I can lay back and relax. Sometimes, I’d download an episode of a show but leave it until a post of it comes along, then I’d watch it just so my thoughts would be fresh when I’m about to comment.
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I remember once, some long times ago, when I had only one series on my backlog (Aria S2 or S3 on DVD)… and was eagerly looking forward to the next season. Just a faint memory now…
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That’s funny. I have quite a backlog myself. To this day, I haven’t finished Tamako Market, Gosick, Genshiken Nidaime, Kamisama no Memo-chou, Moretsu Pirates, both seasons of Nurarihyon no Mago or Yumekui Merry yet.
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I don’t think I would ever overcome by backlog but hey, that’s what most of the fans are like.
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Everyone needs to learn and live the prevention of the fallacy of sunk cost. Finishing a crappy show because you’ve wasted time watching it isn’t better, it’s worse! Free yourselves! If you’re not enjoying it, don’t watch it!
I think I finished last season somewhere around 27. I dropped some, some mercilessly early, some late. And my backlog isn’t shrinking, but it doesn’t really grow with new shows.
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That’s why I dropped WUG, ImoCho and Pupa immediately.
I’m behind by 3 episodes of Sonico so I’m also thinking of just dropping it. Should I?
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That rather depends on if you value SOL. I do, so the expenditure into Sonico week by week was well worthe the time.
Hindsight is a beast, that each of of tame in our own way.
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I liked the way Sonico ended, but then I liked the entire series. The final episode was a payoff for the whole rest of the series, it’s not really spoilers to say that it’s a concert that everyone shows up to and lots of people help with. If you liked the show up through episode 8, it’s not like it changes after that. If you didn’t like it, then it didn’t change either. Personally, I always thought it was a great thing to look forward to on Mondays.
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Hence why I am picky. Apart from Log Horizon (which was picked up halfway because Kotominyaa) there wasn’t anything I was seriously watching.
Nourin was pretty disappointing despite the catchy OP. Didn’t bother with Imocho after first episode. FFS, if you want to go down the incest route, at least have a decent story. It seriously made Oreimo look like Oscar material…
Randomly picked out eps 23-25 of Magi, Magnostadtt arc just to see the Extreme Magic. Summary: reading manga better. The animation was just plain and nothing out of the ordinary.
As for this season, I expect to finish NGNL. Do not expect violence except for the parts where Steph bangs her head hard objects. Francois + Chiara + Hecate + Shana/Koboshi + Tiriel/Misha + Kotarou/Puchiko-nyu. I expect Izuna to go -nyu. Nyu. Nyu. NYU! I also expect the scene where Shiro makes fap material out of Dora for her Nii to be taken out.
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Hello ladies and gentleman of Metanorn! Long time, no see!
It feels like ages since I’ve last been on here and it really has been a long time since I was in the anime game. Grad school has been eating me alive this latest semester and my new fellowship research job has been downright murder. So, I had to stop dead in the first few weeks of the Winter 2014 season and just drop everything. I’ll probably marathon the ones I really liked (Nagi no Asukara, Buddy Complex, etc.) once school is out for the summer.
However, on to the Spring Season! And hopefully, with school drawing to a close I can actually get back on track again. There’s some nice stuff here, not as much as last spring, but a nice sized amount.
As a mecha fan, I’m glad for all the mecha that has been offered to us so far this year. 🙂 But be that as it may, of the 5 or 6 out this season, I’m really only looking at 3 that have caught my eye:
M3~Sono Kuroki Tetsu~
Captain Earth
Knights of Sidonia
Break Blade looked good too, but I then I later realized that its the same stuff as that Broken Blade series that came out a few years back and I really wasn’t into that, so I’ll pass. Knights looks good, despite the CGI, and I like the action scenes. Captain Earth sounds like a play-by-the-numbers stock mecha anime, but that can be fun too, and I enjoy them. M3 is the wild card, and I really want to see where that one goes.
Other, than those 3, Tricks of the Gods ~Ludere deorum~, and Black Bullet, have also caught my eye. Black I’m not sure about since I’ll need to see more of it, however, the plot sounds interesting, so it’s worth a look.
And the bishie reverse-harem one, well? What can I say? It’s a guilty pleasure of mine. Probably won’t be very good, but I’m a sucker for these! ^_~
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Welcome back Irenesharda! You were missed <3
Nagi no Asukara is great but I have issues with Buddy Complex namely the two main characters Dio and Aoba! They are kind of boring and so far the overall story is a gundam seed clone complete with characters on opposing factions getting stranded on an island together!? Athrun/Cagali = Aoba/Hina
Hell ya I plan on blogging Captain Earth and doing a first impression for M3 and who knows maybe this season will be a fantastic one for mecha! We have like seven different ones to pick from if you count Nobunaga ZA FOOOOL~
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Aww, thanks! ^_^
Well, I knew Buddy Complex was a SEED copy from the beginning, I just hoped they could put something fresh into it with the whole time travel angle. (Really? they did the island thing again? SEED, Geass, Gundam The 08th MS Team, etc. Why does so many series like the island premise?)
However, it looked good from where I stopped (Ep. 2), but I was afraid the series might end up not having enough time to tell it’s story. It’s a single cour show that’s trying to copy a series that had at least 4+ cours to tell unfold itself. I had high hopes that maybe they’ll succeed, but maybe I’ll keep them safely low when I go back to it. I thought the MC looked as boring as grass when I saw him in the first episode, but I hoped he would get better. It’s sad he never does, and somehow he took the other guy down with him.
Anyway, totally dropping Nobunaga, I wasn’t impressed before, and I’m not going to put it into my backlog. However, some of the new shows look pretty good. Captain Earth looks like Gundam rip-off fare (still interesting), but M3 and Sidonia looks like they may be going for a more brutal, gritty theme, so I’ll be watching those two.
Summer looks like it will be good for mecha too. I’ve already got Aldnoah.Zero and Argevollen on my list. So, the future is looking really bright for us mecha fans! 😀
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You do realize the story for the former is being helmed by Psycho-Pass and Suisei no Gargantia’s Gen Urobuchi, right? So expect some kind of tragedy and heart wrenching scenarios.
The Urobutcher sure is busy this year. Not only does he have Aldnoah Zero set for Summer but he has the first season of Psycho-Pass returning at the same time, edited as an 11 1-hour episode series with added footage and Psycho-Pass 2 set for Fall right after that and the movie for Winter 2015.
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Interestingly enough, the only thing I’ve seen by Urobuchi is Gargantia, which I’m guessing is not the best example og his work. (I tried Psycho-Pass, but like something like Monster, I have to be in the mood to watch it, and so I’ve never gotten past the first few minutes of the first episode. And that creepy smiling cat thing scared me off Madoka)
However, his presence in Aldnoah actually has been intrigued. If there is any genre where I like to see tragedy and harsh scenes, it’s in mecha. Mecha to me is futuristic war stories, and I’m interested in seeing what he does with this. Plus the animation looks really good despite the simple, childish design of the characters, and the music sounds awesome. So, I’m totally on board, and I’m interested in seeing what the Butcher can do. 😉
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Gargantia is co-created by Kazuya Murata and Gen Urobuchi. Urobuchi only wrote the first and last episode acc to wikipedia so it might explain some of the issues ppl had with it.
Urobuchi also wrote some LNs and VNs like Fate/Zero (there an anime of it), Eisen Flugel (there a little bit of it translated here), Saya no Uta (Be warned, its a very disturbing VN) and etc. You might want to check them out if you have the time for it.
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I think somebody from Fate/Zero is supposed to be involved in the project as well, so that could be interesting. Thanks for the suggestions.
Aldnoah remains one of my most highly anticipated of the summer. Can anyone tell me, has Urobuchi ever worked on a strait-laced mecha series before?
POWUH: Meta Resident and LN Informant with 1529 comments
Gargantia’s getting a 2-part OVA sequel, the first coming this Fall.
Apparently it’ll be focusing on Ledo, Amy and the Gargantia crew once more.
http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=5052747&postcount=31
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He worked on Blassreiter, but I don’t think that can be defined as a “proper” mecha series. There are some LNs/VNs tht I do not recognize on his wikipedia page so I’m not too sure.
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Buddy Complex is not over yet. It will have another season to wrap up everything (hopefully nicely).
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Ah crap, missed the comment below.
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Interestingly, from what I read, A-1 is expecting Aldnoah to be the start of a new franchise that will surpass Gundam.
I have a feeling they’re putting the cart before the horse here, since Gundam has a 35 year head start on them. However, I’m glad to see they are so confident in it. It does look better than Gundam’s new series for this fall, Gundam: Reconguista in G, which looks a little too much like AGE for my taste.
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Welcome back, fellow vampiro aficionado!! It’s good to have you back. Props to you surviving grad school and best wishes to you finishing it.
Clearing a backlog is never easy but can fun if it’s a show you really like. If you’re going to burn through Buddy Complex, I suggest you do it with haste. I haven’t even seen the final episode yet but like the way of Valvrave, I hear it’s been confirmed for a second season.
And if you haven’t finished Seikai Seifuku, I strongly urge you to do so. It’s great and got surprisingly serious in certain parts along the way.
Spring 2014 looks alright but I’m hoping there will be a series that will keep on edge like Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S and Shingeki no Kyojin did a year ago (Hard to believe it’s been that long). Maybe Black Bullet will be up to the task.
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Hi! I just saw that they approved a second season for BC, which I guess I should have expected. Rare is the mecha series that end in only a single cour. Most of their stories are just too big and grand to be condensed in such a small amount of time. It can be done, but you have to be a genius to pull it off and for the show to not be rushed as heck and still be good.
I’ll definitely finish it, just to see how this series holds up.
As for Seikai, I might continue it. It wasn’t high on my list, but I’ll think about it. Right now the one’s I’m really thinking about are finishing Buddy Complex, Nagi no Asukara, Kill la Kill, and maybe Noragami.
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Yay, more yelling at characters for me in Buddy Complex. Quit being morons! And damn the Alliance is pitiful. Terrible tactics, terrible strategy, the best they can do is retreat. They try to attack that huge gun and “Let’s fly in close formation so they can take out all of our ships in one shot!” Aho! Baka!
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Seeing all the timelines and strategy arguments/debates makes me glad that I can enjoy stuff while shutting my brain off. 🙂
As for the idiots higher up, I just chalk it up too “mecha anime writing 101”.
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Tactically, the Alliance is hopeless. Zogilia has acceptable tactics that only work because the Alliance is stupid, and that only break down because Dio and Aoba outperform their estimation.
When they get 60% of their attacking formation vaporized because they were all crowded together flying toward a giant cannon (that they knew would be firing at them, even!) all I can do is roll my eyes and yell at the screen. And I think my favorite character now is that put-upon political officer lady, because every time she walks into a room, some guy makes a wisecrack about her past performance or something, so I want her to just calmly say “shut up.” and then get on with what she was talking about.
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I just watched ep 13 of Buddy Complex, and I like what they’re doing with the breaking of the time loop.
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Well, at least I’ll know what I’m in for. Hopefully it won’t be too bad. The stupidity of the military can be half the fun sometimes. I still remember yelling at the idiocy of the Earth Alliance for deciding to sacrifice a huge chunk of their armada and soldiers in that Alaska fiasco in SEED.
I was like, if you thought these soldiers were no good, why did you hire them? Doesn’t that cut into the reason you had these soldiers in the first place? You needed the manpower? So destroy billions of dollars of weaponry and ships, kill tens of thousands of military personnel and soldiers, simply on the off chance that you might take out some of your opponent’s ground forces? Yeah…not to bright are you.
Anyway, hopefully it will just end up being a fun time.
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Also, tell me, does anyone else get a Titan A.E. vibe from the premise of Knights of Sidonia? You know, with the Earth being destroyed by evil monster aliens that for some reason hate humanity, and then humanity is lost among the stars and they have this one ship and this one guy that has possession of a ship that will be the future of mankind?
I don’t know, it just sounded really familiar to me once I read the full synopsis.
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The anime version of Battlestar Galactica. I expect the Cylons to turn up sometime with the Five.
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…only this time Jimi Hendrix shows up for reals and gives them space co-ordinates, right?
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With Elvis driving?
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…I think Fosh might get the reference….
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I’ve never watched Battlestar, but I know what it’s about. However, somehow Titan AE seemed to match up better in my mind, I guess since they are both animated and the Drej seem a lot more similar to this series’ alien villains than the Cylons do.
Plus while BG seems to be focused on an entire group, Titan and this series, seem to concentrate on one guy, and his journey to save humanity.
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@Irene:I’d strongly recommend watching Noragami, and then reading its manga afterwards. The final 3 anime-original eps are pretty good too. 😉
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I think I’ll watch that Hamatora recap just for Eguchi’s voice.
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Yeah I dunno if I will watch that because I gave it a 2/10 on Mal…
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Pretty much. It has all the potential to be the story I like(supernatural detective agency), but the story is rather clumsy and doesn’t know what to do with itself, and the character a basically one-dimensional despite all the potential charisma they had. It’s like they thought up a dozen of awesome characters in an interesting world and nothing else.
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It’s gotta be Ping-pong all the way. Best show of Spring 2014.
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FK YA PING PONG!!
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I’m counting on it!
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As he does every season, hashi has posted his calendar of anime. I find it something helpful to at least know when new shows are starting (for instance, while some shows are starting Tuesday April 1, there’s almost nothing that anyone here will watch until April 3, and most stuff is the 5th / 6th on the weekend).
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That will come in handy Highway!
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I’m allliveeeeeee.
So currently I have 37 animes on my to-watch list. Let’s see how many of those I keep watching. >_>
The ones I’m really excited for:
-Kindachi Case Files(I really liked the original and was really sad when I couldn’t find more subs for it)
-Date a Live S2(more pretty designs! :D)
-Mekaku Actors(*hyperventilates*)
-Mushishi(Because…mushishi…)
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37 animes?! Wow, that’s high number and a scary one at that! Do you think you manage? Every season, the number of shows I intend to watch always ranges within the mid 20’s then a few would be dropped. I had 30 series to watch for Winter because I was also following 8 carry over animes from Fall 2013. That was a challenge!!
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I had 28 last season, with five carryover’s. I dropped two. My goal this season in around ten to 12.
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I’ll probably end up dropping a couple so it won’t be THAT bad. I just like first episode testing everything that sounds interesting. After that, it’s a matter of making some shows a priority and then watching the rest at my leisure. But I do tend to watch way more than I should at one time. XD
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Yeah, the first sets are always trial and error periods.
I’m in the same boat on that one. I’d download the recent episodes of shows on my list, put them onto a flash drive and watch through my PS3 one after the next. I prefer doing that than to go streaming on some anime site where I’d have to wait for the buffering to see the entire video.
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Take a deep breath and have a drink ~~旦_(･o･;)
Good luck with those 37! That’s a very terrifying number (unless you’re under 18, in which case you can breeze through school on < 30 minutes of studying and just breathe, eat, and sleep anime).
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Sounds like a really strict and structured regimen. 😀 However, that’s still a lot to keep up with. Imagine how much time that would consume.
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Haha, I’m 22 so juggling college on top of anime. XD It’s going to be a challenge, that’s for sure.
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Good luck with managing your time! If you are determined enough, you can do it! ^^
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Where there’s a will, there’s a way!!
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Are there even 37 anime premiering this season? Have fun with that…
I will stick to my 5-6. 🙂
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We covered 40 this time around (a first for a spring season!), while 59 actually are coming out.
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I’ve actually read the managas for Black Bullet and Dragonar.
Black Bullet places it’s LOLi front and center along with her field partner, and it does have a dramady feel to it, not quite slice of life.
Dragonar’s dragon LOLi is certainly a focus of attention, but her high and mighty nature and power scale make her a character they use sparingly. They focus more on the male and female leads with political intrigue and school life.
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Black Bullet concentrates on a loli? Sigh…
I was thinking the loli girl was just going to be the team mascot. Well, we’ll see…
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She has some traces of Rin from Kodomo no Jikan….but the show completely doesn’t! Thank goodness! I won’t spoil, but seeing as how much of the world building ties into who and what she is, she is going to get the attention in the story.
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Doesn’t mascot = pretty much the “face” of the series which usually means the main girl of it like how Shana keep appearing in every LN cover of SnS?
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I don’t watch PVs, but here is my initial list at a glance. 30 shows, god damn. The next couple of weeks are going to be rough (or the next few months if I don’t end up dropping any). ヘ（。□°）ヘ
Definitely going to check out!
Selector Infected WIXOS: Z/X Ignition managed to be decent card-themed anime, and this has got some seasoned staff in there… color me interested.
Mushishi Zoku Shou: Mushishi was great, while the episodes were slow-paced with very little action, they were very calming and enjoyable to watch (like Aria!). If you don’t mind or like slow-paced/relaxing anime, definitely check the original!
Kenzen Robo Daimidaler: AHAHAHAHAHAHA. This premise sounds so ridiculous I can’t help but laugh~. They also gave us High School DxD, which was a surprise hit for me as I was expecting it to be an average ecchi show, but managed to keep me highly entertained. Count me in!
Seikoku no Dragonar: Dragons! Dragons! Dragons! Loli… Dragons!?! *bzzzzt…. can not compute… overload…please reboot *bzzzzt* How can something so big be something so small? I will watch solely to determine the answer to this important question.
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: I haven’t read the LN, but I’m enjoying the manga spin-off, and I do so enjoy magic shows. So not sure how this’ll turn out, but it should be fun to watch (after all that disappointment of hyped shows last season, this season has to be better, right? Right? Clearly I haven’t learned from losing in casinos).
Captain Earth: BONES and Star Driver staff!!! YES YES YES. I am lady.
Love Live! Season 2: School idol~~~ Had a blast watching S1, so definitely in for S2! (Maki-fan).
Isshuukan Friends.: School romance combined with cute character designs? Automatic shoe-in.
Kanojo ga Flag o Oraretara: Genres are right up my alley, and throw Cuteg into the mix? I’m in. It does remind me of Iris Zero, a manga I highly enjoyed but unfortunately was on hiatus (due to the mangaka being hospitalized) and only recently resumed.
Black Bullet: Customary action show of the season. The character designs look solid and the premise sounds entertaining enough that only a Guilty Crown trainwreck would stop me (and I somehow finished that series, so much hope and got disappointment instead, each and every time). I see a common theme here… I’m a sucker.
Soul Eater Not!: As a big Soul Eater fan, I would be doing a huge disservice (to the show, anime, the world, God) to not watch the spin-off. (I secretly want more Death the Kid though).
Gochuumon wa Usagi Desuka?: Cute girls doing cute things? I have an unlimited appetite for these things.
Date a Live II: Nothing amazing, but Date A Live was a highly enjoyable show, so I’ll be following to see more~~~
Mekaku City Actors: I can always use more SHAFT in my life.
M3: Sono Kuroki Hagane: Don’t know much about this show, but is has mecha and it has a good staff, so interested to see how this turns out.
Monogatari Series: Second Season +α: You either like the -monogatari series or you don’t. I’m the former.
Tentative
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Blade and Soul: I don’t know anything about this mmorpg (last I played was FFXIV:ARR, and before that was WoW in the early days), and I’ve never played any Korean mmos. Actually, the only one I know about is Lineage because they had awesome looking elves. I guess I’ll give this a shot… I mean, if I could manage Ixion Saga: DT (which was all over the place), I could probably enjoy this. Can’t remember the last GONZO show I enjoyed though…. I’d have to say likely Last Exile.
Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou: Romance, comedy, and school in a single sentence is usually instant gold, but those ancient character designs… ugh. I’m superficial and my hips don’t lie.
Kamigami no Asobi: I figure if I watch enough otome shows, I’m bound to find a gem or two.
Kiniro no Chord: Blue Sky: This is apparently the 3rd VN in the Kin’iro no Corda series… WHAAT?!? I enjoyed the first season, even if it wasn’t anything spectacular… and now you tell me there was a second season (two OVAs)?!? And I can’t find any seeds for the life of me *cries in a corner*. This doesn’t have Kahoko, so not sure how I’ll like this one… (btw, if anyone knows where I can find the 2009 OVAs, do please let me know!)
Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii: I don’t know really anything about this show, but it’s shoujo and romance, so that’s enough to warrant a look from me.
Gokukoku no Brynhildr: I normally don’t like the mystery genre, but it has enough other genres mixed in that I was somewhat curious. I checked out the first two chapters of the manga and it seems interesting enough that I’ll probably give this one a whirl and see where it takes me.
No Game No Life: Sounds similar to Mondaji, but swapped out super-powered kids and throw in NEETs… ehhhhh. Well, still sounds like it’ll be a decent watch.
Hitsugi no Chaika: I really have no idea how this’ll turn out. I’ll give this the three-episode test to see where it goes. After the semi-disappointment that Mahou Sensou was though… (I keep wanting to drop it, but there are bits in each episode that make me want to watch… hmmmmm)
Escha & Logy no Atelier: Tasogare no Sora no RenkinjutsushiTop: No other reason that to see how Atelier will turn out animated. Hopefully better than that Bakery show, lol.
Sidonia no Kishi: A sci-fi space of humanity driven to the brink? Definitely interested… the only (big) downside. omgithurtsCG. History says this will end bad.
Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san: For 5 minutes, I could do a lot worse with my time. I’ll see if the 5 minutes of cuteness is enoguh to keep me going.
Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin: Noitamina has been disappointing me of late, but I’ll still give the new series a whirl before passing judgement. I liked Galilei Donna (another treasure hunting show), so hopefully this will be just as enjoyable.
Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to: The comedy levels sound like they’ll be good… will this be the first manga-themed anime I enjoy?
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I feel your pain. XD There’s so many good shows that seem like they would be good coming out. Also, like you, I don’t watch PVs so I go only based on description.
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As a LN reader of Black Bullet, it should be a decent show (or at least the first LN since I only read one). The only thing I don’t like is the main loli and how the females treat the MC but its toned down in the serious scenes.
Hitsugi no Chika have nothing to do with Mahou Sensou though? Its written by the same guy who wrote Outbreak Company and animated by BONES. Madhouse did Mahouka and NGNL this season.
Did you watch the Bayonetta: BF movie? Its also animated by GONZO and it turns out OK to me.
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The only link between Hitsugi no Chika and Mahou Sensou was that they’re both action shows that both seemed to be good initially… except Mahou Sensou ended up disappointing me. So hoping this one doesn’t end up the same.
I never looked into Bayonetta because I’ve never played the game. I find it hard to get into game-based shows if I’ve no interested in the underlying game.
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That what you get for cramming 7 volume into 12 episodes. Still the only thing that really bothered me abt MS is it QUALITY and the WTF ending.
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I feel ya, akagami! Gambatte!
@d-LaN, good that you reminded me, I have to watch Bayonetta myself.
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I totally forgot about Puchimas!! ~~~~~~~~~
The first season was full of several minutes of chibi awesomeness. So happy am I.
(^･o･^)ﾉ”
POWUH: and Yaoi Fangirl~ with 2320 comments
I was this close at picking Dai Isshin Shougan/Shogun/whatever until I found its catchphrase: “I’m proud to be a virgin!”
Besides that, cool season. Looking forward to all my reverse harem and gay boys
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He gets cooties when girls touch him. HAHAHAHAAA! Anyways, I am sure you are looking forward to Wild Adapter. 😉
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Sooooooooo my list that I will neglect anyways is this –
Break Blade, because why not? Production I.G, great seiyuu list with my beloved Souichirou Hoshi in it.
Sono Kuroki Hagane
Soul Eater NOT – How can I not take a look at this??? Why would Bones even tamper with the genius of the original Soul Eater anime? I have to see this. And I hope I won’t die of disappointment.
Isshuukan friends – I’m not the person who goes for drama stuff. But the plot sounds so cute that I can’t keep myself away. And I don’t think I’ll be dropping this show either, because I’ve been keeping an eye on it for a while.
Kiniro no Corda and Kamigami no Asobi for the seasonal bishie dose I’ve developed a need to lately. :3
Mahouka koukou no Rettousei – this looks kinda interesting. I feel dangerous vibes from the premis, if you know what I mean, but I’m gonna try it anyway.
Tasogare no Sora no Renkinjutsushi – First of all, because it has Alchemy involved and that’s (almost) always a good thing. I actually hope this show to be good and meaningful. I REALLY hope it will be good because it looks really nice and promising. What I like the most is the graphics though. I don’t know why
Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii – Maybe? Why not? o-o
Sooooooo this is about it I guess. I wonder, how many series will I end up watching this season??? 😀
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Atelier Escha & Logy original character designs are done by Hidari (Sasami-san @ Ganbaranai, Fractale, Natsuiro Kiseki) and I quite like his work on the Dusk series.
The source material is a pretty different type of JRPG as it focus more on the characters day to day life instead of “save the world!” type of plot. It also have emphasis on synthesizing materials. Should be a fun and relaxing show if done right.
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it totally has a pleasant feel, as far as I can judge from the trailer
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And is anyone besides me fangirling about how awesome this year will be? Love Stage anime, Free season 2, Psycho-Pass remake, 2nd season and a movie(I’m pretty sure all of these 3 come out this year), Kuroshitsuji OVA, Sekaiichi Hatsukoi goodies, Suisei no Gargantia OAV, Durarara 2…
I just can’t get over how much awesomeness we’re gonna get this year o-o
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OH HELL YEAHHHH! All good things are coming back to us. I’m going to put ufotable’s fate/stay night in this list too and damn, am I happy about Mushishi as well.
Overall, a very promising year for anime indeed.
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It has to be epic, there’s just no other way around it. *O* I’m being too gullible but so many good stuff – so many epic sequels ‘n stuff >_<
I'm super-hyped. This summer is going to be the best I've seen, probably. Though I'm probably going to eat those words I typed when the time comes and I'll be proven wrong.
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
No, but you’re close. The first season of Psycho-Pass is returning for Summer 2014, the second season is in Fall and the movie is set for Winter 2015.
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As far as I know about the movie it was scheduled somewhere in 2014. But which winter season do you know about, 14/15 or 15/16?
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I don’t know anything specific. I’m just following the Psycho-Pass info that was on ANN some time ago.
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
Well, I’ll agree the seiyuu industry is cut-throat but it’s never short of aspiring upcoming talent, especially what we have these days. There’s Ibuki Kido (OniiAi, Pupa), Rie Suegara (Diabolik Lovers’ Yui Komori) and Shiori Mutou (Nobunagun’s Sio Ogura). Even Miyuki Sawashiro’s younger brother, Chiharu, is said to be joining in the voice acting business.