Well I watched the Tales of Zestiria special. I'm really looking forward to getting the game when it comes out in North America sometime soon..

That's about all I saw so far.

Lanturn wrote:

Well I watched the Tales of Zestiria special. I'm really looking forward to getting the game when it comes out in North America sometime soon..

That's about all I saw so far.

I would have added ToZ to the list, but technically it aired on the 30th or 31st of December so it's classified in the fall season. ToZ was beautiful and amazing tho. ufotable also did animation for the Fate/Stay Night: UBW anime. The game for ToZ hasn't even been released in Japan yet but it's already licensed for US release. There are rumors it's gonna be coming to Steam.

Personally, I thought the ToZ teaser was a let down, but I don't really care much since I preordered the jp version of the game already.

Tales of Zestiria: ~Dawn of the Shephard~:
This is pretty much ToV First Strike all over again, with a short prequal to the game in anime form. With that said, the climax of this short felt fairly rushed and meant just to tease you. Since I already preordered the game, I just accepted it, but if you are looking for a half decent plot, don't look here. In addition, this is definitely not Ufotable's best work. At best the fights are just okay. In short, play if you are interested in the game, or just ignore it.

Absolute Duo:
(Watched the raws) To be honest, I thought this ep would be far worse, but it was bearable besides all the transformation/cut ins for all the main characters... They seemed to stay true to the plot and are not speeding through this adaptation (only 2 chapters out of 7 for ep 1), and they executed most of the jokes decently. Besides that, everything else was mediocre, including the lackluster action scenes, so I'll probalby drop it but will give it a bit more time.

Kyonko Hizara wrote:

and deadbeat too if he comes along

i guess i can try help :/

deadbeat wrote:

Kyonko Hizara wrote:

and deadbeat too if he comes along

i guess i can try help :/

I already gave you access to the doc so you're good to go :U

Oh well, thread is going to be sort of dead for at least a few more hours. No real english subs for Absolute Duo, and the next show is not for 13 hours. On another note, Kyonko, can you add the anicharts link to the op, since I'm fairly sure someone will ask about it later on.

blissfulyoshi wrote:

Oh well, thread is going to be sort of dead for at least a few more hours. No real english subs for Absolute Duo, and the next show is not for 13 hours. On another note, Kyonko, can you add the anicharts link to the op, since I'm fairly sure someone will ask about it later on.

Added a link to anicharts. I do go off of anicharts for listing the series in the doc, so it might be useful to know what is and isn't on the doc.

And I started the thread early so we don't end up with a disaster of something like what happened with the beginning of the Summer 2014 anime. I don't know what purple and yellow mean.

No worries about starting it early, I used to create it after 1 show aired. I just wanted to let deadbeat know there was no rush since updates won't be for a while (at least until Absolute Duo is subbed). I'll probably rewatch after that.

you know i'm only helping with this because you asked right? i didn't really have intentions on doing this. it's not like i've really followed new animes seasons for years now :p

Kamisama Hajimemashita◎ (Kamisama Kiss season 2) - We've got more of the same for the Akitaro Daichi supernatural comedy-romance fare. It has cute moments, the comedy is loud and kinda lame (with the same repeated otokonoko joke repeated ad nauseum, eugh), and it's just a nice watch to unwind with. Nothing spectacular, it's just nice.

Yurikuma Arashi:
Shaft styles+ Silver Link styles + Penguindrum + Yuri = ????, basically what we have here. All I can say is that shock factor from some of the things that happen, will be great, and if you are not ready for ridiculous amounts of yuri, please don't watch it. Besides that, I wish the art was better at parts, some of it was stylistic, but other parts needed more detail. Also, semi-depressed that the character Ogura Yui plays dies, admittedly the character was outside what she normallly played.

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

i can't see tsukimonogatari on anichart

Like ToZ, Tsukimonogatari aired on Dec 31st, so it counted more as a Fall 2014 show.

deadbeat wrote:

i can't see tsukimonogatari on anichart

http://haruhichan.com/static/images/cha ... er2015.jpg
saw it here, gotta zoom in on that chart tho xD
its down the specials

I'll let someone else judge what to do about Tsukimonogatari

Kamisama Kiss 2:
I never was interested in first season, and 2nd season doesn't do anything to change that. I laughed like twice through the entire ep, but the amount of times I felt bored/depressed at low budget animations and a a mediocre plot line made the episode a lackluster watch.

Yuri Kuma Arashi:
This was... pretty weird so far. I mean, really, what have I been watching just now? I admit that I'm not familiar with Ikuhara's previous works, so it might be that I'm missing something there. I'm not really sure whether I like or dislike it, so far. Has some gorgeous backgrounds, though.

Junketsu no Maria:
I-fell-asleep-during-the-first-episode/10

I take seasons in 3 month intervals. January 1st starts the Winter season. Tsukimonogatari aired before then at the end of December, therefore not added. I go off of what series are on Anichart for this season. If it aired before January 1st, it will not be added.

absolute duo
I feel like I've seen shows like this a hundred times before
but then again there's a reason why I've seen this so many times
I'ld be lying to myself if I said I didn't like this kinda shit

blissfulyoshi wrote:

Like ToZ, Tsukimonogatari aired on Dec 31st, so it counted more as a Fall 2014 show.

my only quarrel with this is that winter actually started on December 21st

I really don't see why you wouldn't include these titles.

Lanturn wrote:

my only quarrel with this is that winter actually started on December 21st

I really don't see why you wouldn't include these titles.

Kyonko Hizara wrote:

I go off of what series are on Anichart for this season

Stop complaining

Yuri Kuma Arashi - Weird as hell, but I like it. Bears are cute as hell, judges are FABULOUS, and dat eating scene. This better NOT be Twintails of the season. Class rep confirmed an Invisible.

Absolute Duo - Eh, I dunno. MC is your usual typical harem faggot and that flips the fuck out when he sees more than a centimetre of naked woman body. Best girl got eliminated right at the start too.

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love! - I love magical girls. But magical boys? Nah. Wombat was pretty cool though.

Lanturn wrote:

my only quarrel with this is that winter actually started on December 21st

I really don't see why you wouldn't include these titles.

Winter season starts with the first episode of an anime scheduled for Winter season. Tsukimonogatari was scheduled for and still aired in Fall season.

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love! - So this is directed by Shinji Takamatsu (Nichibro, Gintama).. What the hell. for real? This is cringe all the way.

Absolute Duo - It's like a copy paste of Trinity Seven and Mahou Sensou. As expected from a light novel adaptation. 8-bit also did the adaptation. Nothing to see here.

Yuri Kuma Arashi - So boring and bland. The only thing I liked is the music which is at least decent.

blissfulyoshi wrote:

I'll let someone else judge what to do about Tsukimonogatari

I'd say it was about as good as hanamonogatari, if you like the characters in it (I personally liked hanamonogatari more because suruga is the best).

b-b-but all of them are best except Nadeko

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love!
I know this is supposed to be a comedy show, but I didn't laugh at all, execution of jokes was horrible. Nothing is going for this show, so dropped.

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.

Will likely check a few out.

Posting to come later in the week (hopefully)...

My first show isn't starting till tomorrow but finally Kan Colle is happening :U

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Koufuku Graffiti - i like it for some reason. And it's by Shaft :v

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

piruchan wrote:

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Thick lines. The seiyuu for Karasuma doesn't sound right.

It's friggin' Sugita.

Get some taste mate.

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.

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.

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.

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

Durarara!! X2:
Even though it is not a Brains Base show anymore (or at least I don't see any credits for them), it seems to be doing almost everything the same as before. I hope it doesn't just become a repeat of s1, but I enjoyed the humor so far. The plot was well, as scattered as always, but they'll probably piece it together later.

Aldnoah.Zero 2:
Ignoring the millions of plot holes that will probably be never filled in, ignoring the little sense that the plot makes, you can possibly watch this show for some decent animation and some bad sci-fi explanations. I am not exactly if I want to watch the show for that reason, but I'll try another ep.

Shounen Hollywood - Holly Stage for 50:
While not a terrible show, I am not sure why I bothered watching it, since I don't get the jokes.

Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD:
Because I obviously need more Nitta Emi in my like (Honoka from Love Live!), I tried to watch this idol centric arc of Milky Holmes. Well it was the typcial Milky Holmes intellectually degrading humor. Not much has changed from before, so if you liked it before, go watch it, otherwise, ignore it.

Aldnoah Zero S2 - FUCK SLAINE

Aldnoah.Zero 2: Animation holds up, plot holes don't.

Kuroko no Basket 3:
More of the same from a successful series is not a bad thing, despite being half recap, they included some more ESPN style stats before commercial breaks, among other nice touches. The only real complaint I had was the lack of animation during most of the ed, but the rest of the show was the same drama and humor I have come to expect from the series.

Tokyo Ghoul √A - The First Show I watched this season, and It's pretty impressing for me... Kinda shocking by what happens to the main-character at the end of the first-episode (I haven't read the manga yet) but on the other hand, probably will be a good anime worth watch in the future... Also, You have to watch the Previous Season to catch-up with the stories.

Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata - Pretty much the reasons are the same as @DakeDekaane. (p/3686405)

Kantai Collection - SHIP GIRLS!! At first, I thought this Anime will have a lot of Fanservices in the first episode but my expectations are wrong (thank you)... Graphics are well-made, and the story aren't so bad either (ofc the story are different from the game). Maybe I'll continue to watch this until the end.

*yea, my english is bad...

Dog Days'': Pretty much what bliss said about it :U

Catched up on most stuff, so in alphabetical order:

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu - Premise is pretty stupid, but Koro-sensei is fabulous. Fun anime, even though they cheaped out on animation a little. I totally thought the MC is a girl at the beginning.

Dog Days'' - I want to pet Millhiore and Leo-sama.

iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS - I don't dig idol shows, but there are things that you need to grow to like, like whisky. Rin best girl.

Junketsu no Maria - I really, REALLY like medieval fantasy setup, so this was immediate pick up. And I liked it.

Juuou Mujin no Fafnir - Harem with bad CG.

Kantai Collection - My first anime of the "girls as war machines" type. Gonna stick for 3 ep rule.

Koufuku Graffiti - SHAFT. Dem lips. This is the anime that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside for this season.

Miritari - One of the worse shorts as of late.

Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata - Sudden artstyle shifts put me off, and it's just your regular harem. I don't think I'll stick with it.

Sengoku Musou - One word: terrible.

Shinmai Maou no Testament - PLOT, loli succubus and MC that looks like he just got realesed from jail for homicide. Animation leaves much to be desired though.

The Rolling Girls - looks like FUN. Is this Kill la Kill except not shit?

Yoru no Yatterman - AOTS ALERT. AOTS ALERT.

I watched episode 1 of Koufuku Graffiti
It was... amazing. It was borderline hentai.
I made a video that explains what it feels like to watch this anime for anyone interested in picking it up.

Seiken Tsukai no World Break - The anime whose title originally had me confused for the lovely kneesocks' Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance. I was getting a little tired of generic magic school harem LN adaptations, but this one actually turned out pretty well. It was quite enjoyable and characters/premise somewhat more interesting than the others. Satsuki's character design is also kind of unique, I like it. Oh and I found it amusing that Ayana Taketatsu (always does the little sister roles) is voicing her.

And that's it for the generic LN adaptations. Among the four, I'd rate it as follows: Testament > World Break > Absolute Duo > Unlimited Fafnir.
World Break was quite entertaining and I really liked how they described people having past lives, but Testament did everything else just a little better. Fafnir's art was offputting

Rolling Girls Art is nice, concept is a bit weird, and characters are somewhat likeable. Pretty wacky stuff.
Seiken Tsukai no World Break Kneesocks version 2, a.k.a a better kneesocks. Read what xxdeathx said.

I think I'll be a bit straight on these ones.

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: This one is weird, plot is kinda stupid, but still makes you to keep watching it. Animation is great (probably I'm biased for the style, but who cares), and I need something to laugh so yeah, I'll spend some time on it.

Koufuku Graffiti: I'm not really into fluffy anime like this one, I don't know why it caught my interest, the animation? the fluffy characters? the food? I have no idea, but I'll keep watching because I can see where this is going.

Aldnoah.Zero 2: The trainwreck is strong in this one. I think I'll keep watching this because I'm such a masochist.

Absolute Duo: (changing to red)
After watching ep 2, I feel like the only reason to watch this is for the jokes which I have heard before (because I read the series). The animation during the fights and many other sections, is just depressing.

Seiken Tsukai no World Break:
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If I recall correctly, Blade dance was better imo (mostly because of Est). The aniamtion in this was terrible and the characters didn't seem very interesting so far. The only part I cared about in the ep was like the last few seconds where Ogura Yui was talking xD, but that is not enough to save the show.

I think the only LN adaptation I might watch this season is Durarara. I might skim Absolute Duo since crazy rabbit is cool, and Survive might be fun to watch. Since Shinmai Maou only has 2 translated volumes right now, I might watch after vol 2, but that is a huge maybe.

Koufuku Graffiti:
Surprisingly, a more normal animation style from Shaft. It is cute, but not very funny. Also, the plotline is a fairly boring SoL between a mother like character and a young girl eating food in a low tension setting, not something I care to watch.

THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls - Maybe because I love Idol-themed Anime for these past months, and this one can probably compare with Love Live! imo... I still like the Previous iM@S (765PRO) personally, but this is actually pretty good too.

Aldnoah.Zero - idk if I should mark this as green and blue. Animation is great, but the plot... Maybe I'll mark it as blue because the plot wasn't really good. But I'll try to next episode...

Koufuku Graffiti I thought this was food porn, but it's not. Nothing much to say (and watch), but the series is doomed if it stays like this.
Yuri Kuma Arashi Watching this feels very similar to watching Mekakycity actors. Everything was there, the art, the feeling, the surprise, and sadly the potential to fail as well. This might turn out really good or really bad. The bears are cute though.

Only tried a couple this time around. Which is probably a good thing with a new college semester here and having a few from last season still going anyway.

Absolute Duo: All I can hear from Thor is Kazuto from Sword Art Online... lol. Anyways, this one smells of another Magical Warfare so I'm not gonna keep this one. Maybe this whole magic theme is getting to me. Does the professor have to come off as stupidly annoying? o_O

Aldnoah Zero 2: So many questions, so few answers. These will hopefully fix themselves with another episode or two. Still looks nice and I love the OST. Will keep watching it.

Very likely to check out the Ars Nova movie... whenever it gets subbed.

Absolute Duo - I have to like this one due to my interest on the mc. Unlike other generic harems, this one just ticks off stuff and feels a bit realistic than the generic ones. I know, there's an absurd amount of fanservice but I'll try my best to not drop this one

Durarara x2 - Guess I underestimated this show. I had the least of expectations and both of the shows are really good

Yoru no Yatterman:
Defintiely one of the better animated shows this season but its slow deveopment combined my lack of enjoyment of their jokes, makes this an easy drop.

The Rolling Girls:
I am not sure what to think of this series. We have okay fights, with extremely colorful, cheerful animations tied in with a really ridiculous ramen eating battle, and some other ridiculous things. I don't really find them funny, but I can't say it was all boring. I'll probably wait a while and see how it turns out.

Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor - Exodus
I never watched the original series, but this was an interesting show of temporary peace in a time or war and how how people try to overcome the traumas of war during the temporary peace. However, the series of the series was plagued with parts of terrible CG or undetailed drawings. There was some decent CG and some nice parallax effects, but definitely not enough to save me from the badly done scenes. Worth a 2nd ep though.

piruchan wrote:

Yuri Kuma Arashi Watching this feels very similar to watching Mekakycity actors. Everything was there, the art, the feeling, the surprise, and sadly the potential to fail as well. This might turn out really good or really bad. The bears are cute though.

Akiyuki Shinbou only wishes they could be Kunihiko Ikuhara. Keep an eye on this one, as already, like every other Ikuhara-directed project, the point isn't the surface elements.

Seiken Tsukai no World Break - Atrocious animation, dumb plot, yet another magic high school thing, yawn. Next.

Maria the Virgin Witch - Hesitantly a green, but there's some neat character study stuff going on in this first episode outside of the sex jokes. Goro Taniguchi's direction is just as compelling as ever. We'll see how this goes.

Aldnoah.Zero 2 - Already dropping this! I'm not sitting through another trainwreck!

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu- Your teacher is a firetrucking squid alien who wants to destroy the world after graduation. What's better than that

Miritari!- TBH I didn't even like this one. The terrible jokes are unbearable

Kantai Collection- Fight me, kancolle boys. I dont like this one

Saekano - despite looking generic, it looks pretty interesting... i think i'll stay..

Yatterman Night - This is definitely a premise that sounds rote on paper, but is superbly-written and directed. It could've been a generic dark adaptation of Yatterman, but it takes the tried and true approach of making the sympathetic-villain perspective actually work. Characters given humanizing lines, expected moments in a tragic backstory are given fantastic shots, and it all comes together. Definitely hyped for this one.

Military - Nah. Out of all of the moe military girl shows I've seen in the past few years, this is one of the worst.

So, I think I tried anything of the Animes that interest me this season. Now it is time for review.

Absolute Duo - Ja. I like it so far, does look promiscing to me while I also enjoy the fanservice in it. The Opening and Ending are really good (especially the OP). Animation is okay, but it could be done a bit better. The characters which did show up yet are adorable, I really like Julie so far.
Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (TV) - Because I didn't read the manga, I don't know what to expect from this. For now I'm interested in this.
Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! - Now this is something else! Definitely a good idea with this Magical Boy stuff and it is funny as hell, but that's it. I think there is not much expected from it, but it can easily be watched just for the laughs.
Death Parade - I'm really >Death Parade< to see more of this. First episode was really crazy, but the whole plot about playing games with your lives on stake, is really good. I was really excited through the first episode already, definitely high hopes for it!
Durarara!!x2 Shou - It has been a while since I watched the first season, but I enjoyed it back then. I have to say the first episode is really normal in comparison with what you have seen in the first season. Yet it was only the first episode, it will most likely get as good as the first season. I liked all the Anime references they put in Like the van with Miyuki on it
Junketsu no Maria - From what I read in the synopsis before watching I really wasn't expecting much from this. But it turned out better than I expected. Unique setting paired with history, comedy and some sexual references. It has my attention.
Juuou Mujin no Fafnir - Another harem and only-boy-at-an-all-girls-school Anime. This setting is used many times now and gets boring the more you see it. The characters were really weak, so weak that I didn't even remember a single name. The main heroine of them is clumsy and dull which is really not the type of character I like. It seems so forced to bring up some kind of story besides the fanservice and harem thing. Definitely a let down so far. Probably keep watching for the fanservice
Kantai Collection - First of all I never played the game and don't know very much about it, but despite that I enjoyed the first two episodes. The animation is okay and the OP song is amazing. The story is weak since this is focused on the fanservice and waifu-material part, but that's okay because that is actually what you expect when you start this Anime. The thing I'm worried about is that there are so many characters. That alone is not a bad thing, but I don't know how many episodes will come, and if there are only 12 or 13 it is too less to really get to know a huge set of characters. There was the same problem with Girl Friend BETA from the last season, so I hope this will not happen this strongly again.
Koufuku Graffiti - I usually like this casual-comedy stuff but this was just boring all the way. I did barely find this funny. The animation however is okay, as well as the Opening song. That alone is nice but doesn't make a good Anime.
Rolling☆Girls - This looks really crazy so far, maybe this can be Kill la Kill without fanservice? xD I think the first episode is really confusing but on the other hand it looks promiscing and funny so I'm definitely ready for more.
Seiken Tsukai no World Break - I took a liking to this somehow. The shown characters are fine, despite I needed to turn down the volume a little bit because the voice of the MCs imouto is sometimes really high pitched. Opening theme is really cool and so is the ending theme. Animation was pretty decent but nothing that makes you surprised. Comedy-wise I found the first episode to be enjoying funny.
Shinmai Maou no Testament - Interesting I have to say, better than I expected. For now there is a lot fanservice going on, but I also have to say, this is really good fanservice lol. Boob-wise it has huge, decent and small, so it speaks to all likings xD But what I expect is that it doesn't present itself like it is now for all the episodes, but will also work on the character development and a good storyline.
The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls - Idol Animes are cool, and so is this one. The first episode was not so strong to me as I expected it to be, but still I enjoyed it and am looking forward to see more of the characters! Especially want to see Ranko <3 Other than that not much to say yet except that I have high hopes for it.

Juuou Mujin no Fafnir - For some reason, the quality of animation sometimes drops to the level of the quality of the story. How I wish it is like that for the whole episode so the story could get what it deserves.

Koufuku Graffiti - Food porn the animation. SHAFT is still adapting boring series because they don't want to do Kizumonogatari. Couldn't even compare this to Hidamari Sketch. Then again, it's SHAFT. I'm going to watch it no matter how bad it is. Well, at least it's not as bad as Fafnir.

Rolling Girls - Fun superhero and ramen battles. Can't really say anything other than that. Have to watch another episode.

Durarara!! X2 Shou - Good ol' Durarara. Nothing much changed. Love the Celty scenes. I like the old openings and endings more.

Seiken Tsukai no World Break - As if Blade Dance and the other LNs this season aren't generic enough. Be more generic please.

Junketsu no Maria - Sex jokes aside, it turned out better than expected. I thought it's like the others but no. Actually, it has good pacing and plot. Oh and sex jokes didn't really hurt the show much.

Yoru no Yatterman - A fast first episode. It's different from the original but I like it. It has potential. Now, it just depends on the show how it will turn out. Either become a disaster or be at least decent.

Everyone should be up to date now. Please let me know if I forgot to add anything. The only one section that isn't is for [Superstar] with Juuou Mujin no Fafnir. I have no idea why, it's the only box that won't input the numbers correctly. Bliss if you see this please help. ;w;

Kyonko Hizara wrote:

Everyone should be up to date now. Please let me know if I forgot to add anything. The only one section that isn't is for [Superstar] with Juuou Mujin no Fafnir. I have no idea why, it's the only box that won't input the numbers correctly. Bliss if you see this please help. ;w;

Thanks so much for keeping up the hard work Kyonko.

I looked into the issue, and for some reason, that panel didn't have conditional formatting, so I just copied one of the adjacent cells over and fixed the issue (at least fixed from what I can tell)

blissfulyoshi wrote:

Kyonko Hizara wrote:

Everyone should be up to date now. Please let me know if I forgot to add anything. The only one section that isn't is for [Superstar] with Juuou Mujin no Fafnir. I have no idea why, it's the only box that won't input the numbers correctly. Bliss if you see this please help. ;w;

Thanks so much for keeping up the hard work Kyonko.

I looked into the issue, and for some reason, that panel didn't have conditional formatting, so I just copied one of the adjacent cells over and fixed the issue (at least fixed from what I can tell)

Thank you for fixing that! Considering all other panels worked fine I wasn't sure how to fix just one panel without messing up everything.

Kyonko Hizara wrote:

Everyone should be up to date now.

Nope. Seems like my 'score' for Tokyo Ghoul Root A isn't in there. Though it looks more like you accidentally put it into the panel next to it.

Jindujun93 wrote:

Kyonko Hizara wrote:

Everyone should be up to date now.

Nope. Seems like my 'score' for Tokyo Ghoul Root A isn't in there. Though it looks more like you accidentally put it into the panel next to it.

Fixed now. When trying to put in everything really fast sometimes I accidentally put in the spot over

so i guess i'll give my other impressions because why not(not sure if this'll still be recorded but wtvr)..

Kantai Collection: Kan Colle - the plot is not exactly my cup of tea. The CGs are really nice at some points and/or at the same time abysmal(those static background characters for the love of god)..but that OP and ED oh god, you might not like the anime itself but you gotta admit that those songs are something(my OP and ED of the season), now for the beatmaps..

Kuroko no Basuke 3 - tho i like it(which is weird bec. i don't like sports anime), can't rly say anything special.... do we finally get to see the emperor's eyes this time? :c

Koufuku Graffiti(yes, disregard the blue i gave) - This is not H or E but those details, Slowmo's, Animation(sasuga shaft) and eating is giving me a boner. I think i'll stick around.

Aldnoah.Zero - i pretty much hate how the story is progressing already but i'll still watch this for some reason..

Tokyo Ghoul √A - same is this ^ but replace hate with frustration. i hate that kind of development for some reason.. Hated him when he was a wimp, now i hate him even more for being... idk, losing all of his virtues because of subtraction? and i want my unravel back :c

Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha - i just simply don't like this.. idk why.

domSaur wrote:

so i guess i'll give my other impressions because why not(not sure if this'll still be recorded but wtvr)..

Kantai Collection: Kan Colle - the plot is not exactly my cup of tea. The CGs are really nice at some points and/or at the same time abysmal(those static background characters for the love of god)..but that OP and ED oh god, you might not like the anime itself but you gotta admit that those songs are something(my OP and ED of the season), now for the beatmaps..

Kuroko no Basuke 3 - tho i like it(which is weird bec. i don't like sports anime), can't rly say anything special.... do we finally get to see the emperor's eyes this time? :c

Koufuku Graffiti(yes, disregard the blue i gave) - This is not H or E but those details, Slowmo's, Animation(sasuga shaft) and eating is giving me a boner. I think i'll stick around.

Aldnoah.Zero - i pretty much hate how the story is progressing already but i'll still watch this for some reason..

Tokyo Ghoul √A - same is this ^ but replace hate with frustration. i hate that kind of development for some reason.. Hated him when he was a wimp, now i hate him even more for being... idk, losing all of his virtues because of subtraction? and i want my unravel back :c

Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha - i just simply don't like this.. idk why.

I'll update till no more posts are made!

Maria the Virgin Witch- I dont really know what to feel in this series. I had mixed opinions but it piqued my interest. Hopefully it wont turn out like Madan ou to Vanadis

Juuou Mujin no Fafnir- A tasteless harem anime that is filled with cliche stuff. Automatically no

And that summarizes everything.

That you to everyone that has been participating! All main series and TV shorts have already aired their first episodes. There are still movies and OVAs that have not aired, but if when they do air you can still post your impressions.

For those that may have not watched a certain series or multiple series yet, this list might be able to help you on your decision.

Kyonko Hizara wrote:

That you to everyone that has been participating! All main series and TV shorts have already aired their first episodes. There are still movies and OVAs that have not aired, but if when they do air you can still post your impressions.

For those that may have not watched a certain series or multiple series yet, this list might be able to help you on your decision.

Kyonko, I think you need to wait on saying that. Isuka still doesn't air for 3 more days (not that I think the show will be any good xD)

blissfulyoshi wrote:

Kyonko Hizara wrote:

That you to everyone that has been participating! All main series and TV shorts have already aired their first episodes. There are still movies and OVAs that have not aired, but if when they do air you can still post your impressions.

For those that may have not watched a certain series or multiple series yet, this list might be able to help you on your decision.

Kyonko, I think you need to wait on saying that. Isuka still doesn't air for 3 more days (not that I think the show will be any good xD)

Aside from that like everything else doesn't air for 1 1/2 to 2 weeks.