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Winter 2015 Anime Season First Impressions

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piruchan
I'm just going to be blunt from now on.

Absolute Duo It's the action anime that's still going to get a fanbase despite being only slightly different from other similar stuff. The background and buildings are awesome, it's even better than the characters. I can already feel that the OP is going to get a beatmap with 5+ diffs and skystar is going to take part in it.
Justykanna
Will likely check a few out.

Posting to come later in the week (hopefully)...
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Kyonko Hizara
My first show isn't starting till tomorrow but finally Kan Colle is happening :U
- Yuuto -
Absolute Duo - this is my first anime in the winter, I haven't watch anything else yet. It's very reminds me to Seirei Tsukai no Blade dance, especially the silver haired girl...
blissfulyoshi
And what is wrong with Funi's translation of Absolute Duo!!!!! Why did they translate the mc's name as Thor? Also, Dorn agency....

For those that care, a certain character in Absolute Duo will come back in a later arc.
xxdeathx
Absolute Duo looks to be generic LN adaption #16572 about a dude with a dark past who enrolls in a school for people mostly female students with magic powers and ends up with his harem of cute girls.

not that I mind...
AJ-FreakS

AnotherEpicName wrote:

tsukimonogatari
its like the 6th part of the monogatari series, need I say more?
headtilting all over shaft quality
good as usual

nuff said. deep, dark and awesome.
Mogsy

blissfulyoshi wrote:

And what is wrong with Funi's translation of Absolute Duo!!!!! Why did they translate the mc's name as Thor? Also, Dorn agency....

For those that care, a certain character in Absolute Duo will come back in a later arc.
Generally, they're given that sort of material translation by the committee working on the anime. If anybody's to wholly blame for naming trends, don't blame FUNi. The naming is intentional on Kadokawa's part. I think it would be neatly sneaky to have actually subbed it as Tohru, but eh. Official materials are official materials. Plus, ya know, actual name explanation is within the first episode. It's not from out of left field.

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love! - This was stupid in all of the right ways. It's inane, dumb fun with good comedic timing, so I'm holding onto it.

Absolute Duo - "Bad" translation or not (but honestly, FUNi's translation is good), this show is really not very good. It's got some okay art and character designs, even if they're generic. Animation employs a lot of obvious cheats that actually take me out of some action scenes. The background art looks neat. The plot is bog-standard and not interestingly-executed, with plenty of annoying tropes thrown in there for good measure. This thing basically reads as "dumb light novel thing I'll give three episodes but then never look back at". It's probably going to be one of the more popular shows this season, too, knowing my luck.
Jindujun93
KanColle:
Remind me why this is so popular again.

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love!:
As a parody, it's good, yes. But... I'm not really digging it. The thought of a Mahou Shounen just fries my brain too much to properly enjoy it.
Navizel
Shinmai Maou no Testament - The thing with light novels are most of them are just copy paste of another light novel. It might work in some cases but most of the time, it doesn't. They're not even trying to stand out and be the banana in a basket of apples. Just like this show. This show just screams horrible. Riding your brother in the morning with revealing clothes and then calling him a pervert is just downright stupid. Ten minutes into the series and too much is already happening. It's so rushed even the art says so due to how bad it is. Not even going to waste my time on this one.

Kantai Collection: KanColle - Basically cute girls in a battle, pretty much like Girls und Panzer. Fubuki's eyes when side view bothers me a lot. The switch to CGI scenes looks bad. This is going to be something I'm going to hate or like. It doesn't really stand out but it keeps itself to be in the average.
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Kyonko Hizara
Kantai Collection: KanColle: SHIP GIRLS. It doesn't stand out, but it's not super horrible. I really hope this doesn't turn from fighting waifus to some schoolgirl style anime. The CGI feels so unnecessary.
Mogsy
Yuri Kuma Arashi - If you don't like Ikuhara/haven't experienced an Ikuhara show before, you'll probably want to avoid this. A lot of his typical symbols and directorial tricks are on full display, and there are interesting seeds planted for the sake of artistic development already planted. It's easier to follow than either Utena or Penguindrum at this point, but I can tell this is going to go neat places. It's got a lot of yuri, yeah, but it's definitely overt about it and not the blushing, mewling schoolgirls who are timid even due to a kiss hell, there's even a symbolic cunnilingus shot in this episode. It's going to go neat places and worth a shot if you can actually look beyond surface elements.
blissfulyoshi
Shinmai Maou no Testament: How low budget can you make a ln adaptation.... Well the jokes from the series are there, but with how bad this adaptation is, you are much better off reading the novel than trying to endure watching this.

Kantai Collection: KanColle: If only the quality wasn't so inconsistent. We have a horrible intro with some unfitting CGI, but we have nice junks of solid animation and cute interactions. However, I admit, I didn't understand 1/3rd of the jokes, and the battles looked silly... Adding on a slightly annoying mc, I am not sure how long I want to follow this series.
Mogsy
After all I've seen of Testament of Sister New Devil (Shinmai Maou no Testament), it looks like the type of thing I'd avoid anyway, so why give it the time of day. Heard it's pretty porn-y so no thanks.

Kantai Collection: KanColle - So, this was definitely a nice show to look at, even if the CG was kinda bleh at times. The episode moved along at a decent pace, but a lot of the jokes and catchphrases didn't land with me. The overall experience of watching this show, to paraphrase from another critic I saw, is like being invited to someone else's family reunion: fans will get everything, and it's definitely geared towards them. Everyone else either has to be previously interested in military combat and moe or just kinda leave. We'll see where it goes, as it's at least nice to look at during some of the fights, but it's leaving me a little cold.
TheNekoNextDoor
Kantai Collection: KanColle - Being new to the fanbase and not played the game made me clueless of what was going to come. I was enlightened. The plot is interesting and gripping, and the character designs were really nice. (The VAs were great, too) The only fault I felt it had was the CG. It was a little unnerving to watch at times, but I'm used to it after watching Love Live and some of RWBY.
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Kyonko Hizara
Tokyo Ghoul √A: I knew Kaneki wasn't gonna be a fucking puss anymore, but damn he sure became one evil fucker really fast. I'm not disappointed with the start of the second season at all. The dark scenes and bloodshed were still up to par, and still some of them were fucked up. Considering how the episode ended, it's making me really curious how the rest of the season will play out.

Coming soon: Kyonko has a Jojogasm
xxdeathx
Kantai Collection/Kancolle - First impression is that this is basically Strike Witches without pantsu everywhere. Unknown supernatural enemy can only be defeated by cute girls with military superpowers and the main character is new and inexperienced. I wager the anime will detract heavily from the main plot to focus on slice of life moe stuff.

The Testament of Sister New Devil/Shinmai Maou no Testament- the girl looks like Claire from Blade Dance with oppai lol. Totally in on this one cuz it's actually pretty entertaining and cute and I'm a sucker for twintails and lolis. The demon/gods plot thing was cool but I doubt anything significant will come of it.

Junketsu no Maria - boring
blissfulyoshi
Military!:
Super low budget show about fanservice and loli bodyguards.... no. It might be okay if this was in manga form, but the screen was terrible to look at, and the animation budget doesn't make me any happier.

Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata:
This must be the season of bad ln adaptations when even A-1's ln adaptation is a disappointment. While having far better animation than the previous ones, the changing animation and bad attempt at both jokes and fanservice (yes, bad attempts at fanservice) make this a fairly boring show to watch.
xxdeathx
Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend - the meta jokes were hilarious and the character designs were quite attractive, though their personalities are a bit generic. don't know what the main series is gonna be like but if it's anything like this I'm picking it up.
blissfulyoshi
Junketsu no Maria:
This was a strange manga to pick for an adaptation. I personally liked the series, and while there are points that are boring at times, I don't think they did anything too wrong with the adaptation. Going to stay around for a while.
Mogsy
Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend - Very, very shitty and problematic title aside (if you don't see why I have a lot of questions for you), there's stuff I liked in this episode and stuff I really didn't like. I liked the meta commentary in the cold opening, disliked it in the clumsily-handled-exposition joke. I liked a lot of the animation and neat stylistic cuts (they reminded me positively of Oreshura), disliked a lot of the out-of-place fanservice shots in non-fanservice scenes. I really disliked the sexual harassment at the end of the episode since it comes off as skeevy on all ends...there's potential for something here, but this episode doesn't really capitalize on it.
Faust
Kantai Collection:

A more grounded version of Strikes Witches.

I think it serviced the fans in various ways, especially how the studio animated the girls' battle order & deployment.
Would've liked Akagi to retain that slightly relaxed facial look from the original artist work though, but this little pick aside I was pretty comfortable with the rest of the overall design.

I did think that going first-episode into a battle (that is supposedly pretty important) was kinda hasty, rather than giving some time to cash in on the anticipation while exploring the current cast on a basic level.

Finally, the CGI usage is slightly distracting at times, especially when the girls are maneuvering in formation on the water surface/some firing scenes.
It goes from fluid hand-drawn to stiff 3D model movements in the in-betweens, so that might take one out of the immersion.

Looking forward to more of this.
domSaur
Koufuku Graffiti - i like it for some reason. And it's by Shaft :v
Mogsy
Death Parade - I never watched the Anime Mirai short Death Billiards but understood this perfectly well, so don't let that deter you from watching this. It's really dark and heavy, and promises to be a Twilight Zone-esque episodic story centered around relationships between individuals and their moral centres. Death Parade is well-shot and well-animated and is all-around a gripping watch, so that definitely earns a green from me. Though, you might want to stay away if all you like in anime is cute girls. But then again you probably would disapprove of most of my picks anyway.

Assassination Classroom (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu) (AssClass) - That was certainly entertaining. It's definitely a standard set-up episode but doesn't bog itself down in too much exposition. There's some hit-or-miss comedy bits and the show's art is more attractive than its actual animation. I really hope there's more variety down the line (and that the show has an actual ending), but here's to a solid start, even if it's not fantastic. I want to rate it higher, but I'm hesitant about this show still for whatever reason.
DakeDekaane
I'm going to be straigh here:

Tokyo Ghoul √A: How to explain this without spilling some spoilers? Just watch it. Obviously you'll need to watch last season.

Kamisama Hajimemashita◎: If you enjoyed the first season, you'll probably enjoy this one as well. Nothing really new (it's a romantic comedy, what would you expect to happen?), I can't remember how the first season looked like, but I can see some improvement. Not the best jokes, but characters got a place in my heart last season, so I'll be watching this.

Kantai Collection: KanColle: Note that I know nothing about KanColle. First thoughts about this was how would battle ship girls battle in the sea? Oh surprise! Animation looked a bit inconsistent, but not like I care about how the animation is. I somehow dislike clumsy MC, but hey, I have some hope on character development here, will keep watching.

Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata: So I decided to watch this with no knowledge of the source material (heck, didn't even know about it), just by reading the summary/plot/whatever is called. Premise is okay, animation pleasant to the eye, there was certain character (presumably the heroine) that caught my attention; but the fanservice ammount in this show is not really my cup of tea. If the show wasn't going to continue like this, they scared a lot of people. If you like fanservice being thrown indisciminately at your face, this show is for you.
LuCy200131
Tokyo Ghoul √A : when i see the frist episode for this anime i was very exited for this frist episode and kaneki san when he in white hair
xxdeathx
Assassination Classroom - This show is...really weird. I don't even know what I'm watching. Everything about it: the teacher, the premise, the trap MC is different from anything I've ever seen before. I have no idea how this will turn out. Also the dance in the OP was kinda funny.
Jindujun93
Death Parade:
Without needing to think about it, this is probably my favorite anime of the new season so far. I already thought that Death Billiards would make a good anime back when it was shown for the first time, so I'm very happy with how this turned out. Since the really interesting parts of JoJo will come during the Spring season, Death Parade looks like AoTS so far. Speaking about JoJo...

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders -Egypt Arc-:
Come on, it's JoJo. How can you not approve of this one? This is definitely the better half compared to the first two cours of Stardust Crusaders, and it's nice to finally see Iggy animated. Actually lots of foreshadowing in the OP, and dem feels during the ED once things are starting to go down later on. Oh boy. This is definitely going to a fun ride.

Assassination Classroom:
Pretty indifferent towards it for the time being. I'll give it a few more episodes to decide whether or not I'm going to bother with it on a weekly base, or just marathon it once it's over.

Kamisama Hajimemashita◎:
It's pretty okay so far. Nothing groundbreaking, but this season does have far worse animes, I suppose.

Tokyo Ghoul √A:
Sorry, but no. I already considered season 1 to be rather... bad, and now that it's airing at the same time as Kiseijuu, it just gets showcased more and more how inferior this one here is. Not worth it.
Navizel
Tokyo Ghoul √A - Pretty much what Jindujun said. Kaneki's change turned out to be somewhat like Shu's from Guilty Crown which is terrible. Sigh. Thought it would get better but no.

Military! - Not even funny. Not attracted to lolis. No thanks.

Death Parade - I'm glad that my expectations were met. It's still the Death Billiards that I love. That being said, the opening looked random and not fit for the show that is dark. I love it as a song though. Meanwhile, the ending song is perfect. The only thing I worry is the rules might get repetitive knowing this is an episodic series. Still, it's a great show overall.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders 2 - Finally, it's back. I miss my Walk Like an Egyptian. I still love everything about JoJo. I'm biased.
xxdeathx
Koufuku Graffiti - I must've missed the point of the show. It's boring.

Unlimited Fafnir - There are sure a lot of magic school ecchi harem LN adaptations this season. I lost track of how many, but this one didn't stand out and wasn't quite as entertaining or high quality as the other two I've seen so far, Absolute Duo and The Testament of Sister New Devil.
Navizel
Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend - Yeah, I'll pass. Too much fanservice and a lackluster plot in a prologue are signs that I must avoid this show as soon as I can. Who's the boring girlfriend anyway? Are the girls boring at all? I don't think so but the story sure is.

Assassination Classroom - I don't even know what's going on. It's a weird show but the weird kept me interested. I just hope it can surprise me with something more interesting than what I've seen so far because it might go on an unlikable path.
blissfulyoshi
Death Parade:
I sort of like the premise, but to be honest, watching the episode got annoying/cliche. I felt like I was watching the amazingly typical domestic violence case. While their show of pain was well animated, it really felt like I was watching some reenactment of the news, which is not what I watch anime for. I wanted someone to either go completely crazy, or do something unpredictable. Oh well, adding on the weird use of CG, blurring in the husband's charge, and an op that I didn't like at all, made this a difficult watch for me. I'll give it 1 more chance because it seems so popular, but this is a probable drop.
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Kyonko Hizara
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders -Egypt Arc-: Is the opening the same people that did Sono Chi no Sadame? I really sounds like it. Iggy is one of my favorite characters, so it was really exciting for me to finally get to see him animated. The 2nd half with the manga is more exciting than the first so I hope the anime holds up to it.
blissfulyoshi
Assassination Classroom:
Besides the opening scene, they tried to find every possible way to cheap out on the animation, creating way too many stills, or effectively stills. There are parts in this things you can call a slideshow. While I do enjoy the manga, the adaptation doesn't really add much of anything (maybe some decent sound effects), but you are probably better off just reading the manga since a comic book and a slideshow aren't that different.

The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls:
Not the greatest im@s showing, but it was amusing, decently animated, and with my expectations so shot this season, I really want something to watch xD. I guess the thing I didn't like to much was the stalkerish part being really slow, but all in all this is the best thing I have seen so far this season.

Juuou Mujin no Fafnir
How did you manage to steal Shinmai Maou's title for worse ln adaptation this season is beyond me, but this has to be the worse CG/blurring/??? I have seen in a while. Everything else is the typical shonen male appears in an all girl school to fight a super natural threat... I sometimes wonder how the ln is, since there is no translation, but watching the anime is definitely not the right way to find out.
piruchan
Kantai Collection Cute girls with guns. Nice stuff.
Shinmai Maou no Testament Highschool DxD v2 a.k.a less shittier version of Highschool DxD. Fan service confirmed next episode. Nice "plot".
Death Parade Alice in Borderland wannabe. Have a potential for instant green, but preview turns it blue. OP sounds like classic rock n' roll.
Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Thick lines. The seiyuu for Karasuma doesn't sound right. I want a spinning Koro-sensei .gif.
Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata Harem. Long titles are cool. Protagonist feels like a fail clone of Katsuragi Keima. Fanservice overdose, but I'll watch it.
Juuou Mujin no Fafnir Harem. Your seasonal harem with somehow blurry art. I got sleepy watching it.
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piruchan wrote:

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Thick lines. The seiyuu for Karasuma doesn't sound right.
It's friggin' Sugita.

Get some taste mate.
blissfulyoshi
Dog Days'':
I don't recall the last time I counted on Seven Arcs to save a season for me, but it has done just that. While the end of the fight could have been more epic, the episode was animated quite decently in the jungle run and still contained a lot of the fun light-hearted humor that the series is known for. In addition, there seems to be some semblance of a plot this time, so I hope I can raise my expectations a bit.
Mogsy
Rolling Girls - This one was simply a lot of fun to watch. The plot seems neat, but there's nothing overly concrete yet. Fight scenes were kinda floaty but with solid sound and flashy animation behind them. Characters are already rather charming and the setup is gonna be a neat one to unpack. Green simply because it's got a lot of potential and it's still fun to watch.

Durarara!! X2 Shou - The most hey-guys-you-haven't-seen-this-in-awhile episode ever. Kinda way too much talking for my tastes, felt more scattered than I remember this show being. Celty's scenes were enjoyable, though.
Jindujun93
Durarara!! X2 Shou:
Can't get green because it's not Baccano! (I'm actually somewhat serious about this.)
But eh, my reactions to it are pretty mixed. I'll keep watching it, but I'm not getting my hopes up too much. Especially if the focus is on the weaker characters again like it often was for S1.

Aldnoah.Zero 2:
You had ONE JOB, Slaine.
killindcity
Aldnoah.Zero 2:

i said to myself i wasn't going to watch it but curiosity got to me and yea the most utter bullshit that even the fking dragon balls cant compare to it

Durarara!! X2

its the first episode so idk mixed feeling , although it did have some funny scenes with celty
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