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Winter 2017 Anime First Impressions Chart

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blissfulyoshi
Little Witch Academia: Not exactly sure how I feel about the tradeoff of killing loads of detail to be able to use more complicated animations more often. It came out pretty ugly looking usually to me. Beyond that, I don't understand the appeal of the show, after the intro, we just get flat out bullying for minutes on end with nothing about the bullying to break up the excessive boredom it causes. On top of that, it's jokes just aren't funny. Well like every other season of the show I watched, dropped.
Navizel
Little Witch Academia - hell yeah. still as great as usual. probably the only one i'll watch on a regular basis.

Seiren - still unsure about this. sometimes it feels like their facial expression doesn't match their voice. on the other hand, it's like amagami meaning surely it won't be another romcom bullshit that's going to end with just being friends so that's a plus.

Gabriel Dropout - unsure about this as well. I did laugh at some of the jokes and there's a sadistic Hanazawa Kana but it's umaru 2.0. Idk I'm probably too old for this, man. can't enjoy neet shows unless it's nhk or something similar. neet protagonists just annoys the hell out of me. shame she was good in heaven.

Schoolgirl Strikers - the story could've been a lot lot lot better. it has two of my favorite seiyuu ffs. nothing really outstanding. everything is average aside from the cast i guess.
blissfulyoshi
One Room: One of the shows where you're suppsoed to pretend you're the mc and interacting with the character, which isn't really my cup of tea. While it is a short, characters and backgrounds are decently detailed at the cost of every scene being a pan, but that is sort of expected
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blissfulyoshi wrote:

One Room: One of the shows where you're suppsoed to pretend you're the mc and interacting with the character, which isn't really my cup of tea. While it is a short, characters and backgrounds are decently detailed at the cost of every scene being a pan, but that is sort of expected
-[Shady]-
Demi-chan wa Kataritai

Honestly enjoyed this a lot more than I was expecting to, should be pretty good I hope.

Fuuka

I can't say I didn't like it, it honestly does feel rather rushed but it still fits into the type of anime I tend to enjoy and I did enjoy the first couple episodes, hoping it picks up more when it gets into the music side of things.

Hand Shakers

Not a huge fan of this but I didn't dislike it either, it could easily grow on me as time goes on, the whole Hand Shaker concept thing seems a bit meh but it looks like it's going to get better with a couple things that happened.

Konosuba Season 2

Loving it, can't say much else tbh

Kuzu No Honkai

Ok, this was *way* better than I was expecting, I seriously loved this first episode, it's so damn deep and I love it, I'm really hoping for good things out of this, got pretty high expectations for this now - hopefully it doesn't disappoint.

Masamune-kun no Revenge

I'm not as into this as much as the others but I still enjoyed it, it has it's funny moments and the whole revenge plot-line is kind of a stupid reason to get "revenge" if you ask me but it still seems to be getting used well.

Seiren

I really don't know what to think of this just yet, it seems pretty interesting but with the lack of genre tags I just don't know what to expect
blissfulyoshi
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon: This was fairly low budget for a kyoani show with lackluster background detail in many areas, but it does keep the humor of the series. Probably a safe solid watch.

Gabriel DropOut: Doga Kobo doing what it does best, solid execution of CGDCT. Admittedly they changed the order of some of the chapters to introduce everyone straight away, but that is an acceptable change, esp for something as episodic as this

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2: As silly/stupid as always. Nothing really changed from S1, so if you didn't like it then, you wouldn't like it now.

Kemono Friends: I think this might win the award for worse show of the season with bad CG, horrible background details, lack of humor, and willingness to show empty pointless screens.

ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka: An extremely slow and not very well animated drama. Exactly what I don't want.

Piace: Watashi no Italian: Another lackluster short with unremarkable characters, low quality stills, and a weak appeal to food porn.

Urara Meirochou: It feels like a lackluster moe show. It is sort of funny, but the jokes sometimes feel overused. On top of that, the divination sections aren't usually funny, so it leads to periods of boredom killing my attention. I'll give it another shot for now.

ChaoS;Child: (There is an episode 0 that is a recap of Chaos;Head. If you read the series before, feel free to skip it, esp since it is not animated as well as the 2nd half. Recapping an entire VN in 23min is not exactly helpful, but it is not bad if you want a refresher course. However, I'm not going to include that in the first impressions) Episode 1 was pretty amazingly animated, but on top of that, the lead up to the murder was incredibly scary for me. I am fairly impressed that the show did that (admittedly I am easily scared and not a fan of the horror genre). The suspense, mystery, and thrill feel pretty realistic to me, so I definitely want to try watching more.
Haruto
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon : Oh look a kyoani production. But it doesnt seems like usual Kyoani graphics but so far its fun to watch it tho i dont really like the yuri characteristic here. Pretty annoying but its cute too actually lol. I'll watch more since this is a cute anime~

Kuzu no Honkai: Nothing interesting when i watched it. But i kinda get what the anime is actually trying to explain. Hmm but still dont like that sudden kissing scene. Tho its still the first episode. Might watch more of this anime later.

Konosuba 2nd Season: I Havent watch the first season but this show is truly awesome and always made me laugh, Love the dumbness characteristic on this anime lmao, its just so satisfying to watch xD. I will watch more of course for this anime~
Anxient
Demi-chan wa Kataritai: It's everything I wanted and more! I was kinda nervous when I saw that A-1 was handling it, but i'm so glad it turned out okay.

Konosuba 2: For one, I welcome DEEN and the world's worst MPA. First time I actually shouted and laughed loud enough for an entire household to hear me. Definitely watching.

Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon: A anime produced by KyoAni, and a series created by my favorite manga artists COOL-kyou shinja. It's so heartwarming. Its a great day to be a SOL fan.

Fuuka: I really enjoyed the first 2 episodes, but it's super obvious who's the main character gonna choose. It actually makes me feel sorry for the other girl, seeing how happy she was just to get a phone call from him. I don't really know if I should continue watching a timebomb, unless Diomedia changes something.

Hand Holders: Insert:WutFace

>mfw kaguya wants to be confessed to doesnt have an anime confirmation yet
blissfulyoshi
Kuzu no Honkai: Another slow drama, just what I need in life. Lots of cheap pans, makes my day so much better.
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Kyonko Hizara
CHAOS;CHILD: (skipped the recap) Glad I ignored some reviews that focused on just the recap, because the actual 1st episode had really nice animation and good angles. This was a really nice watch after being disappointed by another Sci-fi series from last season. Great suspense and mystery.
Anxient
Kuzu no Honkai: its so pretty! im a sucker for romance so im gonna watch this NTR till it dies.
Rio-
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! S2 - Silly Animation as always. Same as S1 i guess, not much change apparently. But I liked Its first Season so why not the 2nd season too?

Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon - Low budget Anime by KyoAni but it doesn't disappoint me at all. It's fun to watch and the Comedy is laughable too. So I probably will continue watch this series.

ChäoS;Child - Skipping the Recap of Its Prequel (It's a good refreshment tho' if you already watched the 2008 Anime or playing the VN). It's pretty nice to see another pyschological Anime this season (I'm more to a mystery fan. But adding psychological in it is good too), the Thrill and the suspense got me and It feels incredibly scary. The Art is amazing and showing how realistic the Murder scene being animated. Definitely will watch this more...

Kuzu no Honkai - Not really my cup of tea at all (not really into "NTR-like" genre and I'm kind of despise that), but the Animation is great though. Maybe I'll watch it more...
TakuMii
Masamune-kun no Revenge - Been waiting absolutely forever for this one (caught up with the manga), and it's not too bad so far. I want to see how far this one will follow.

Seiren - I'm reeeeally liking this, and it's making me kinda regret not checking out Amagami SS sooner :?

Fuuka - Here's one that I jumped into without any expectations, and I'm pleasantly surprised. I've also heard tons of praise for the manga, so I'll stick around.

Rewrite Season 2 - Enjoyed the first season, and I kinda like the direction they're going with the whole VN timeline thing. I'm hoping it'll follow the trend of the other Key anime and end up being better than S1.

Kuzu no Honkai - I was kinda wondering how this one was going to go... It tells the story well, but I despise the subject matter. This'll probably be depressing to watch, but I might stick around to see if it gets any better.

One Room - #lolisimulator2017
DakeDekaane
Chäos;Child: Looking good in its first chapter. Presents the world in a not boring way and goes straight to the point, I like.
-Atri-
AKIBA' S TRIP: THE ANIMATION : I never played the game before, but i like the creativity on how to defeat those bad guys, yet the plot gives a nice opening to it, too, however, on the other side, i am not a big fan of the art style and character design

Gabriel DropOut : i enjoyed it, some jokes gets me though though, nothing to say about it

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! S2 : Although the opening is quite boring, it does gives a nice sense of humor at least

Masamune-kun no Revenge : i can't rate this properly tbh

Rewrite S2 : I am fine with the first season but this season just disappointed me as i watched the first episode, same as Konosuba, the opening is boring and the entire episode is just talking about what how kotarou get on with kagari, nothing interesting, i would like to see some improvement in the next few episodes

Urara Meirochou : Loli exposing her tummy prpr

One Room
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Kyonko Hizara
Rewrite / 2nd Season Moon-Hen/Terra-Hen: Glad to see they are covering more of the timeline from the VN, but this episode was super disappointing. I watched maybe 5 minutes of the whole episode and am still able to understand what is going on, so this already gives me a sour feeling to start off the 2nd season.
blissfulyoshi
Well I think the last few new shows just game out, so let's talk about them

Granblue Fantasy The Animation: A-1, where did you learn to make such blurry art. Trying to keep more of a drawn feel to everything, they used a line style very similar to the games, but probably because of horrifying tweening and blurring effects, the show became near unwatchable. (Ex: http://puu.sh/tvd6K/700737a6b8.jpg and http://puu.sh/tvdFx/f47c416cef.jpg) If you can get past that, they actually have a lot of frames dedicated to the action scenes, but whether or not you want to see mass blurring during an action scene is another story. Everything else was barely mediocre/cliche since it is the introduction to granblue

BanG Dream!: The next competitor for a high profile idol series. It is better looking than a typical Xebec work, but that is not saying much. It's nothing amazing, but as least it doesn't reek of super low budget animation. The series sadly has other problems with a really annoying mc who kills off a lot of jokes with her personality. I see a bit of hope here and there with other characters, but I don't think I'll be watching this show.
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Rewrite: Moon and Terra: Being a fan of the first season I expected a bit more out of the first 2 episodes. I didn't feel any emotional connection whatsoever to the characters as everything felt pretty bland and boring. Knowing the rewrite style chances are it will really pick up in the next couple episodes (I hope) or else this anime might just turn into a negative for me.

BanG Dream!: Not sure what to expect from this, it seems like another K-on! clone but it's really lighthearted and fun to watch if you have nothing else to do. I don't think it's anything special at least so far. Seems like the typical idol series.
This about sums it up.
JackBezarius18
Konosuba: At the moment I can say that his animation is not liking me at all, it's bad, but the story is still entertaining.

Fuuka: It looks interesting. The two episodes I have seen so far have been good and thematic that I like. Their animation is excellent.

Masamune-Kun no Revenge: LOL, It makes me very well trained and I hope to see how the story evolves. It is very likely that the protagonist ends up falling in love with Adagaki.

Seiren: It makes me that your pace is a bit slow, and mainly that is for a mature audience. The animation is also very good.

Kuzu No Honkai: I think it was the series that I waited the longest for. From moment I'm liking the animation and how the story unfolds. I certainly have high hopes in this anime. I had time that I did not see an anime of this time in a long time.


I do not know, but from what I see several animes this season are more oriented in a mature audience.
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Kyonko Hizara
GRANBLUE FANTASY The Animation: The sketchy art style wouldn't be an issue if the blurring wasn't so difficult to look at. This makes potentially good action scenes impossible to watch without feeling sick. I was looking forward to watching this, but the vomit-inducing animation style might force me to drop it. Wasn't sure the route A-1 would take plot-wise, but it is already seeming like any progression will be very slow.

Rewrite / 2nd Season Moon-Hen/Terra-Hen: 2nd episode received just as poorly with me as the first, moving to disliked, and most likely dropping.
zeno61
I just restarted watching anime this season because I happen to like the following

Gabriel DropOut because of the light gags and the characters and Kobayashi-san no Maid Dragon because it reminds me of lucky star and the gags

I'm cringing a bit with Masamune-kun no Revenge probably because of the mc and the harem thing. Still goo though.

KonoSuba. It's neutral because it was too funny that I decided to stop watching for awhile to save my guts from popping out.

I haven't watched others though but I'm expecting a bit from Youjo Senki. I was a bit disappointed with the design but maybe my opinion would change if they made it work out fine. Still downloading.
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